Primary repair of the bilateral cleft lip nose: a long-term follow-up.

Background: The author previously published a method of primary repair of bilateral cleft lip nasal deformity using an open tip rhinoplasty to enable correction of the displaced and deformed alar cartilages.

Methods: The first 10 consecutive children who had this treatment have been followed through to adulthood. They are now 18 to 19 years old, and the long-term results of this primary nasal repair are reviewed.

International Task Force on Volunteer Cleft Missions.

The International Task Force on Volunteer Cleft Missions was set up to provide a report to be presented at the Eighth International Congress of Cleft Palate and Associated Craniofacial Anomalies on September 12, 1997, in Singapore. The aim of the report was to provide data from a wide range of different international teams performing volunteer cleft missions and, thereafter, based on the collected data, to identify common goals and aims of such missions. Thirteen different groups actively participating in volunteer cleft missions worldwide were selected from the International Confederation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery's list of teams actively participating in volunteer cleft missions.