The use of de-epithelialized oral vestibular flap (boot flap) for treating free border deformity in unilateral cleft lip and for the correction of whistling lip deformity in bilateral cleft lip is reported. A 22-year-old patient with a Tessier no....
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Discussion
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✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this plastic surgery case report has no clinical relevance to audiologists or hearing healthcare providers.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article has minimal relevance to audiology; it describes a reconstructive surgery technique for a rare facial cleft and does not intersect with hearing, balance, or related clinical practice.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Case report of secondary lip revision surgery using a de-epithelialized oral vestibular (boot) flap.
- 02Patient had a Tessier No. 0 midline facial cleft, a very rare congenital condition.
- 03Published in a plastic/reconstructive surgery journal (PRS Global Open).
- 04No audiology or hearing-related content or implications.
- 05Included in this feed likely due to broad craniofacial/otolaryngology indexing.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42559424
- DOI
- 10.1097/GOX.0000000000008007.
- Journal
- PRS Global Open
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 1
- Population
- Single patient with unilateral Tessier No. 0 cleft lip deformity
- Intervention
- Secondary revision with de-epithelialized oral vestibular (boot) flap
Primary outcomes
Correction of free border lip deformity