Patient 2 was remarkably similar, although her cleft was less severe and on the right side of the face.
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She also had a massive hydrocephalus identified prior to birth and was delivered via planned C-section at 38 weeks. She also underwent neurological procedures before undergoing craniofacial repairs.
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At 1 month of age, she underwent a lip adhesion by the Seibert technique. Of note, unrelated to the Tessier cleft, VP shunt-induced craniosynostosis developed in this patient, which ultimately necessitated total cranial vault remodeling with fronto-orbito advancement.
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Upon oculoplastic examination, the team noted that Patient 2’s eyelid was lowered and rotated down.
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Unlike Patient 1, there was an island of soft tissue between the oral and ocular portions of the cleft.
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She had thick boney features in the prolabium that proved resistant to taping, necessitating an initial lip adhesion surgery.
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Similar to Patient 1, a “top-down” approach was elected with design of a left sided, superolaterally based Reiger dorsal nasal flap with a modest back-cut.
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The bilateral lip repair was performed similarly to Patient 1, with the exception of the already performed lip adhesion and still very protrusive premaxilla, which necessitated a vomer setback to better align the premaxillary segment with the lateral segments and reduce tension on the lip repair.
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This lip adhesion tissue was released from the lateral lip flaps and prolabial tissue and later joined together to line the premaxilla creating a separation from the lip mucosa.
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The early postoperative course for Patient 2 was complicated by a minor wound infection at the glabella region managed with local wound care in addition to mild hypertrophic scarring.
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