Effectiveness of Nasal-alar Elevator Combined With Taping Vs. Taping Alone on Improving the Nose Esthetics and Maxillary Arch Dimensions in Infants With Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Palate

Effectiveness of Nasal-alar Elevator (NE) Combined With Taping Vs. Taping Alone on Improving the Nose Esthetics and Maxillary Arch Dimensions in Infants With Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Palate: A Randomized Clinical Trial

This randomized trial is designed to assess the effectiveness of nasal elevator as a presurgical infant orthopedics on improvement of nose esthetics vs taping alone.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Infants with age range from 1-30 days.
• Unilateral complete cleft lip and alveolus.
• Medically free subjects.
• Both males and females.
• Cleft gap more than 10 mm.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients older than 30 days.
• Syndromic patients with other defects in addition to cleft lip and palate.
• Patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate.
• Incomplete Cleft lip.
• Patient with previous surgical lip repair or adhesion.
• Patients with previous presurgical infant orthopedic treatment.
• Medically compromised patients.
• Cleft gap distance less than 10mm