Single-stage plastic surgery of congenital schistasis of the upper lip, nose, alveolar process, hard and soft palate - cleft lip and cleft palate.
This surgical intervention is performed on a patient with a unilateral through schistasis of the upper lip, nose, hard and soft palatein the operating room under general anesthesia. The operating team includes a surgeon, an assistant and a surgical nurse.
A surgeon with an assistant in a one-stage surgery performs plastic surgery of hard and soft palate, alveolar process, forms the nasal cavity bottom and nasal vestibule, performs correction of the nasal septum and layer-by-layer plastic surgery of the mucous membrane, orbital muscle and skin using the selected surgery technique regarding schistasis variant and form. The effect lasts for the rest of patient’s life.
Indication: unilateral schistasis of the upper lip, nose, alveolar process, hard and soft palate (unilateral cleft lip and cleft palate).
Service duration: from 180 to 270 minutes (excluding anesthesia).
The service has age restrictions: child’s age is from 3 months, child’s weight should be over 7000 grams.
There are no absolute contraindications for the procedure: relative contraindications are severe cardiovascular and CNS disorders.
Clinical examinations to be provided no later than two weeks before surgery.