Our experience in one-step closure of patients with facial clefts in Surakarta: Serial cases at Dr. Moewardi Hospital.

Facial cleft is a morphological disruption or defect of facial structure, a rare and challenging craniofacial malformation. The treatment of rare facial cleft is complex, and evaluating its long-term outcome is challenging because of its low incidence. In case one, a five-month-old boy presented with unilateral facial cleft Tessier 3. In case two, a four-month-old girl presented with bilateral facial cleft Tessier 4. Both were treated with soft tissue reconstruction. Several combinations of sutures were performed to give maximum results, and several surgical steps were conducted to treat facial clefts. A one-step closure procedure of facial clefts could be done and significantly improve the patient and family's quality of life. One-step closure can also close defects as soon as possible to provide psychological support to the family even though the function is not perfect. Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Citation

Galuh Aretnaningtyas Septiani, Monica Bellynda, Muhammad Rizki Kamil. Our experience in one-step closure of patients with facial clefts in Surakarta: Serial cases at Dr. Moewardi Hospital. International journal of surgery case reports. 2023 Jul;108:108454

PMID: 37399590

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