The purpose of this study is to evaluate the surgical outcome after using composite grafts for secondary cleft lip nasal deformities.\nA retrospective cohort study of one surgeon�s outcome of 35 consecutive performed secondary cleft lip nasal deformity repair.\nThirty-five patients with secondary nose deformity related to unsatisfactory cleft lip repair were operated using the proposed\nsurgical technique since 2008. All these patients met the study criterion of having anthropometric measurements performed at\nleast one year postoperatively. Measurement of nostril size was performed at the right and left side of the nose, preoperatively and\nat least one year postoperatively.The study found statistically significant differences between the preoperatory and postoperatory\nnose measurements. In addition, we have not found statistically significant differences between the cleft and noncleft nostril sizes\nmeasured at least one year postoperatively. The findings suggest that the proposed technique is a good alternative to address\nsecondary nose deformity related to cleft lip primary repair.
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