Ruiz-Rodríguez Rafael, López-Noriega Juan Carlos
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico DF, Mexico.
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2011 Feb;23(1):169-76, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2010.12.002.
The surgical management of cleft lip and palate is a difficult and complex endeavor. Several surgical techniques for the treatment of this deformity have been described around the world; each one, when properly done by expert surgeons, renders good and predictable results most of the times. However, the fact that there are so many techniques means that there is no universal procedure that will always deliver great esthetic and functional results. This article discusses the causes of inadequate results in primary cleft lip and palate surgery and describes the various secondary surgical techniques to correct the same.
唇腭裂的外科治疗是一项困难且复杂的工作。世界各地已描述了几种治疗这种畸形的外科技术；每一种技术，由专业外科医生正确实施时，大多数情况下都能取得良好且可预测的效果。然而，技术种类繁多这一事实意味着不存在一种总能带来极佳美学和功能效果的通用手术方法。本文讨论了原发性唇腭裂手术效果不佳的原因，并描述了用于纠正这些问题的各种二次手术技术。
