The Importance of Accurate Repair of the Orbicularis Oris Muscle in the Correction of Unilateral Cleft Lip
The Importance of Accurate Repair of the Orbicularis Oris Muscle in the Correction of Unilateral Cleft Lip
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口轮匝肌精准修复在单侧唇裂矫正中的重要性
DOI:
10.1097/00006534-199509001-00003
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
B. Ha
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Park;B. Ha
Most of the attempts and efforts in cleft lip repair have been directed toward the skin incision. The importance of the orbicularis oris muscle repair has been emphasized in recent years. The well-designed skin incision with simple repair of the orbicularis oris muscle has produced a considerable improvement in the appearance of the upper lip; however, the repaired upper lip seems to change its shape abnormally in motion and has a tendency to be distorted with age if the orbicularis oris muscle is not repaired precisely and accurately. Following the dissection of the normal upper lip and unilateral cleft lip in cadavers, we could find two different components in the orbicularis oris muscle, a superficial and a deep component. One is a retractor and the other is a constrictor of the lip. They have antagonistic actions to each other during lip movement. We also can identify these two different components of the muscle in the cleft lip patient during operation. We thought inaccurate and mixed connection between these two different functional components could make the repaired lip distorted and unbalanced, which would get worse during growth. By identification and separate repair of the two different muscular components of the orbicularis oris muscle (i.e., repair of the superficial and deep components on the lateral side with the corresponding components on the medial side), better results in the dynamic and three-dimensional configuration of the upper lip can be achieved, and unfavorable distortion can be avoided as the patients grow. Cleft lip repair has been performed by the authors' method in 126 patients with unilateral cleft lip, among whom 20 patients have been followed for over 10 years. We have obtained the following conclusion: the accurate separate repair of the superficial and deep portions of the orbicularis oris muscle is essential to obtain balanced lips and normal growth of the repaired lips. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 96: 780, 1995.)