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Abstract
The secondary repair of a bilateral cleft lip is often a difficult task. A simple straight line closure or a Veau type repair is not always entirely satisfactory and may produce a short inert prolabium with severe shortage of mucosa in the prolabial segment.
Manchester, 1965
described a technique for primary repair of the bilateral cleft lip. This short communication shows that the same technique with slight modifications may be very useful in selected cases for the secondary repair of a bilateral cleft lip.Reference
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© 1980 The Trustees of British Association of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
