The planning of reconstructive cheilorhinoplasty in deformities related to bilateral clefts of the upper lip

: The techniques of correction of the nose tip and upper lip deformations after the bilateral clefts plastic analysed, their shortcomings were related to the insufficient restitution of the nasal passages lining. The author has put forward a cheilorhinoplastic technique providing the more complete usage of the tissue overgrowth from the upper lip in transposition of the "split" flap consisting of the nasal membranous septum and cicatrized tissues of the lip. The technical realization of the method provided a basis for planning the reconstructive cheilorhinoplasty in any degree of deformation. Reconstructive cheilorhinoplasty is performed with due consideration of the local upper lip tissue availability using the local plastic techniques including the Abbe flap transposition.