The goal of the study is to compare the cleft lip repair with and without the usage of customized milled nasal conformers in unilateral cleft lip patients on nostril size , alar cartilage and proportion of symmetry to the normal side . * Comparing anthropometric measurements similarity between cleft and normal sides such as; nostril width and height , columellar deviation and nasolabial angle. * Evaluation of degree of similarity using esthetic scales at six months postoperative. Participants will receive nasal conformers intraoperative with follow up of 6 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
14
Disinfection of the field using Betadine , marking for the incision lines on the lip and vermilion on skin and mucosa , doing incisions as described by Fisher sub anatomic unit repair in 2005 , suturing using vicryl and prolene sutures. suturing the nasal conformer in the cleft side
Disinfection of the field using Betadine , marking for the incision lines on the lip and vermilion on skin and mucosa , doing incisions as described by Fisher sub anatomic unit repair in 2005 , suturing using vicryl and prolene sutures. No nasal conformers used in this group
faculty of dentistry, Alexandria university
Alexandria, Egypt
Nostril height
The greatest vertical distance of the nostril in millimeters .
Time frame: 6 months
Nostril width
This measure was defined as the greatest horizontal distance between the inner medial and lateral borders of the nostril aperture in millimeters.
Time frame: 6 months
Columellar Deviation Angle
The midline columellar deviation from the vertical reference line was measured in degrees.
Time frame: 6 months
Nasolabial Groove Angle
To assess the flare of the nasal alar base, the angle between a line tangential to the outer alar basepoint and the horizontal reference line was measured in degrees.
Time frame: 6 months
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