Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair: Assessment of Outcome of Olokun-Olaitan Vermillion Flap Approach.

This study aimed to assess the outcome of our novel free-hand approach. Numerous cleft lip repair techniques exist, all of which involve incisions on skin and excision of tissue. Unilateral cleft lip is the result of failure of migration of orofacial tissues in-utero.

Prevention of Earlobe Keloid Recurrence After Excision: Assessment of the Value of Presurgical Injection of Triamcinolone.

The ear is commonly involved in keloid formation, being often pierced. This study estimates the value of pre-excision triamcinolone injection of earlobe keloid, by comparing recurrence rates in patients who only received postexcision triamcinolone injection to those who had it administered before and after excision.The prospective intervention study involved 18 keloid lesions in as many consenting patients who presented with pedunculated earlobe keloid from January 2005 to January 2007.