• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.747-754
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• 2011

Purpose: The Abbe flap procedure has been used to correct disharmony of the upper and lower lips as well as for making a philtrum for patients with secondary cleft lip deformities. But the Abbe flap procedure adds two scars in addition to the prior operative scar on the upper lip. This study was conducted to determine the treatment outcomes of esthetic subunit excision of the scar on the philtrum and Abbe flap coverage for correction of cleft lip deformities with photogrammetric analysis. Methods: This study investigated a total of 11 patients with cleft lip deformities who underwent scar excision with Abbe flap coverage, and the patients were followed up for at least 6 months. Under general anesthesia, a mushroom-shaped Abbe flap was drawn on the lower lip with a width of 8 mm and a height 1~2 mm longer than that of the philtral midline. The epidermis and dermis of the scar on the upper lip were excised. In the cases with alar base depression, the orbicularis oris muscle was split vertically and transposed to the alar base. The Abbe flap was harvested as a pedicled flap containing a small amount of muscle and this was rotated 180-degree to be inserted into the upper lip. Mucosa, muscle, subcutaneous tissue and skin were closed in layers. The flap was divided at the 7~14 postoperative day. The postoperative outcomes were evaluated by using photogrammetric analysis. Three indices were measured from the standard clinical photographs taken before and after the surgery. For anthroposcopic assessment, observers described the postoperative outcomes using an ordinary scale method. Results: The postoperative values obtained in the photogrammetric analysis showed improvement as compared with the preoperative ones. Improved anthroposcopic outcomes were also noted. Conclusion: Scar excision and Abbe flap coverage were proven to be effective in improving protrusion and the height of the upper lip, the scar of the upper lip and the symmetry of Cupid's bow and the philtral column, as well as formation of the philtral dimple.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2006

본 증례에서는 2명의 불완전, 그리고 완전구순열 환자를 Delaire의 개념에 의하여 수술을 시행 하였다. 불완전 구순열 교정은 코 교정 후 좌우 비대칭을 해소할 수 있었으나 완전구순구개열의 환아에서는 코의 비대칭성을 회복하기 위해 동시 수술을 시행하였으나 좌우 비대칭성은 수술 후에도 관찰할 수 있었다. 본 증례의 경우 환자의 경제적 그리고 사회적 이유로 인해 수술이 지연된 환자로 수술에 난이도는 비교적 높지 않았던 경우로 비강전정부위와 비익부위, 그리고 구륜근 등의 피부 하방에 비정상적으로 배열된 근육의 박리와 재위치를 이루어주었던 경우였다. 술 후 평가를 위한, 심미, 발음, 기능과 정서적 발달 정도를 검사하여야 하나 지리적 관계로 재평가가 어려운 점이 예상된다.