ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the results 10 years after early surgical cleft lip and nose repair. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We present the outcome of 123 early cleft lip repairs whose condition was managed in a multidisciplinary team according to a strict protocol. We give the observation results of operations of a single surgeon's neonatal surgery over a 10-year period in term of aesthetic assessments and dental arch relationships. One hundred and twenty-three patients were operated on during the first 4 weeks of life; a subgroup of 40 child had been operated on at a week or less of age. RESULTS: The results show good aesthetic assessments and dental relationships, with facial growth appropriate for the age. CONCLUSIONS: We are currently encouraging early cleft lip and nose repair in the full-term baby as the good method of management of newborns with cleft.