Clinical Study

Lip Height Improvement during the First Year of Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip Repair Using Cutting Extended Mohler Technique

Table 1

Distribution of complete cleft lip patients according to demographic and anthropometric parameters ( ).

PatientGenderAge (m)Index of asymmetry
T1 (%)T2 (%)T1 − T2 (%)

1Male3228235
2Male29302010
3Female42291811
4Male2323167
5 Male35431429
6 Male90331221
7 Male4616115
8 Male41321022
9Female2323914
10 Female2127918
11 Male471284
12 Male1621714
13 Male4047740
14 Female4223716
15Male4222616
16Male2129524
17Female4726521
18Female2217512
19Male4015411
20Female2415411
21Female2036432
22Female3417314
23Female161138
24Female1930228
25Female3212111
26Male22220.421.6

M ± SD33.3 ± 15.424.5 ± 9.2*8.1 ± 6*16.2 ± 9.1

M: mean, SD: standard deviation, m: months, T1: 2 to 6 months after surgery, T2: 12 to 14 months after surgery, −: subtraction, *P < 0.01 for the comparison between the periods (T1 > T2).