True Median Cleft Lip—15 Years of Review and Prevalence. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hamzan, Muhammad Izzuddin; Sulaiman, Wan Azman Wan
• Is Part Of: Cleft palate-craniofacial journal. Volume 57:Number 8(2020)
• Page Start: 1051
• Page End: 1054
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: median cleft lip -- midline facial cleft -- Tessier 0; Cleft palate -- Periodicals; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Cranial manipulation -- Periodicals; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Face -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Fente palatine -- Périodiques; Crâne -- Malformations -- Périodiques; Manipulation crânienne -- Périodiques; Crâne -- Malformations -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Face -- Malformations -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Cleft palate; Cranial manipulation; Face -- Abnormalities -- Surgery; Skull -- Abnormalities; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Surgery; Cleft Lip; Cleft Palate; Facial Bones -- abnormalities; Skull -- abnormalities; Periodicals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.522
• DOI: 10.1177/1055665620926346
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1055-6656

Abstract

Objectives: The author presents 4 cases and attempts to analyze the prevalence of true median cleft lip (MCL) in one center. Embryology, associated anomalies, and surgical treatment are discussed. Design: A retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Participants: All patients with congenital facial cleft deformities from 2005 to 2019 were retrieved from the Plastic Surgery OR Registry. All characteristics in interest were individually tabulated and evaluated. Four cases were reviewed and discussed. Outcome: Prevalence of true MCL. Results: Out of the 494 patients included in the study, only 4 (0.81%) were affected with a median cleft, and the prevalence of true median cleft was hence determined to be 3 (0.61%) among the cleft population. Conclusion: The prevalence of the true MCL is rare which makes it hard to categorize these clefts, and the surgical protocol needs to be established for the definitive treatment.