Anthropometric Study of Unilateral Cleft Lip Surgical Repair


Abstract in English

Till today surgeons have hardly tried there best to find the ideal surgical method that can perfectly correct the cleft lip deformity. The aim of this research was to perform anthropometric study for unilateral cleft lip surgical repair by using two commonly-used surgical methods: Millard and Pfeifer.

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