<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Facial cleft malformations belong to the most common problems of the congenital facial anomalies. At the Clinic of Plastic, Aestetic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Faculty Hospital in Banská Bystrica we have been performing primary cleft lip repairs during the first week of life of a newborn since 1995. During this life period the fetal healing still persists. Modern anesthetic techniques have considerably reduced respiratory complications after the lip closure. The adequate postoperative sedation together with monitoring of the pacient remarkably reduces the occurrence of wound dehiscence. The advantages of the neonatal cleft lip repair are the scarless healing, no negative effect on the growth of the middle thirt of the face, as well as the pschychosocial effect on the family and the fact that the ortodontic aparat has not been needed.</p></abstract>

Facial cleft malformations belong to the most common problems of the congenital facial anomalies. At the Clinic of Plastic, Aestetic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Faculty Hospital in Banská Bystrica we have been performing primary cleft lip repairs during the first week of life of a newborn since 1995. During this life period the fetal healing still persists. Modern anesthetic techniques have considerably reduced respiratory complications after the lip closure. The adequate postoperative sedation together with monitoring of the pacient remarkably reduces the occurrence of wound dehiscence. The advantages of the neonatal cleft lip repair are the scarless healing, no negative effect on the growth of the middle thirt of the face, as well as the pschychosocial effect on the family and the fact that the ortodontic aparat has not been needed.

Primary Repair of Cleft Lip and Nose in the Neonatal Period

Clinic of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, F. D. Roosevelt Hospital

Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Acta Medica Martiniana

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Facial cleft malformations belong to the most common problems of the congenital facial anomalies. At the Clinic of Plastic, Aestetic and Reconstructive Surgery...

Primary Repair of Cleft Lip and Nose in the Neonatal Period

Published Online: Aug 06, 2018

Page range: 42 - 48

Received: May 23, 2018

Accepted: Jun 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acm-2018-0006

Keywords
cleft lip, cleft palate, craniofacial malformation, scarless healing, newborn

© 2018 Valentova Strenacikova S et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Primary Repair of Cleft Lip and Nose in the Neonatal Period

Published Online: Aug 06, 2018

Page range: 42 - 48

Received: May 23, 2018

Accepted: Jun 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acm-2018-0006

Keywordscleft lip, cleft palate, craniofacial malformation, scarless healing, newborn

© 2018 Valentova Strenacikova S et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cleft lip, cleft palate, craniofacial malformation, scarless healing, newborn