Surgical Alternative for Repair of Bilateral Macrostomia

The transverse or lateral cleft is the second most common type of craniofacial cleft. The authors report a case of bilateral macrostomia in a male newborn and the authors present a refined method of Kaplan technique for correcting macrostomia. The authors' method is characterized by the creation of a single Z-plasty with the transposed central limb placed in the nasogenian crease. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Pérez Yadheli Xeomara Sánchez, DDS, Parque de Jerez 3 Col. Parques de la Herradura, Huixquilucan Estado de México C.P 52786, Mexico; E-mail: yadheli.sanchez@hotmail.com Received 13 December, 2017 Accepted 11 May, 2018 The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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