Cleft lip and palate nose surgery that causes concerns
about appearance, what is the most important?
Cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital disease among pediatric diseases, affecting about 1 to 2 out of 1,000 newborns in Korea.
It is mainly caused by a combination of various factors such as genetic factors, vitamin C deficiency in pregnant women, and viral infections.
This disease is a cleft that occurs when tissues do not properly attach or separate during the facial formation process between 4 and 7 weeks of pregnancy,
and may not be detected even with prenatal ultrasound examinations.
Treatment involves surgery for cleft lip and palate at 2 to 4 months after birth, and correction of cleft palate before learning to speak. However, there is a possibility that the lips and nose will deform during the growth process, and scars from the first surgery can cause an appearance complex. The nose of cleft lip and palate patients has a low nostril height, a low nostril floor, a spread nostril, and a deviated septum. Therefore, when performing cleft lip and palate rhinoplasty, the deviated septum must first be properly corrected to improve the asymmetry of the nostrils. In addition, additional cartilage grafting is required to align the cartilage of the lower nostril to be similar to the higher nostril and to raise the height of the nostril floor.
Since this is a difficult surgery, anatomical diagnosis by experienced medical staff is important.
Director Dr. In-sang Kim completed his master's and doctoral degrees at College of Medicine in Seoul National University, and has experience as a representative doctor of Korea and lectured at the 'Chicago Rhinoplasty Society', the world's most prestigious rhinoplasty society.
