Facial Soft-Tissue Asymmetry in 3D Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images of Children with Surgically Corrected Unilateral Clefts
dc.contributor.author | Starbuck, John M | |
dc.contributor.author | Ghoneima, Ahmed | |
dc.contributor.author | Kula, Katherine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-22T13:25:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-23T09:30:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is a relatively common craniofacial malformation involving bony and soft-tissue disruptions of the nasolabial and dentoalveolar regions. The combination of CL/P and subsequent craniofacial surgeries to close the cleft and improve appearance of the cutaneous upper lip and nose can cause scarring and muscle pull, possibly resulting in soft-tissue depth asymmetries across the face. We tested the hypothesis that tissue depths in children with unilateral CL/P exhibit differences in symmetry across the sides of the face. Twenty-eight tissue depths were measured on cone-beam computed tomography images of children with unilateral CL/P (n = 55), aged 7 to 17 years, using Dolphin software (version 11.5). Significant differences in tissue depth symmetry were found around the cutaneous upper lip and nose in patients with unilateral CL/P. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Starbuck, J. M., Ghoneima, A., & Kula, K. (2014). Facial Soft-Tissue Asymmetry in Three-Dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Images of Children With Surgically Corrected Unilateral Clefts. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 25(2), 476-480. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/4297 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | soft-tissue depth | en_US |
dc.subject | facial reconstruction | en_US |
dc.subject | cleft lip with or without cleft palate | en_US |
dc.title | Facial Soft-Tissue Asymmetry in 3D Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images of Children with Surgically Corrected Unilateral Clefts | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |