ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to compare the surgical effects of the modified West China method and Millard methods for repairing unilateral cleft lip.
MethodsA total of 34 cases of unilateral cleft lip were analyzed, composed of 16 cases in the experimental group subjected to the modified West China method and 18 cases in the control group, which was subjected to the Millard method. Photographs before and after operation were compared, and SPSS 21.0 was used in statistical analysis.
ResultsAfter operation, no significant difference in symmetry between the healthy and affected sides of the nasal alar foot (sba), nasal alar point (al), lip peak point (cph), and mouth angle point (ch) in the experimental group (P>0.05), but no significant difference in symmetry was found between healthy and affected sides of cph and ch in the control group (P>0.05). No significant differences in the symmetry rates of the sba, cph, ch and the nasal columella regression rates were found between the experimental and control groups (P>0.05). The symmetry rates of the al in the experimental group were higher (P<0 .05).
ConclusionFor unilateral cleft lip repair, two methods had better effects on lip repair, but the nasal symmetry showed greater improvement when the modified West China me-thod was used than when the Millard method was used.
