Unilateral and Bilateral Lip Adhesion

This surgical intervention is performed on a patient with a unilateral or bilateral through and wide defect with congenital schistasis of the upper lip, nose, alveolar ridge, hard and soft palate, where diastasis between fragments is more than 2 cm, in the operating room under general anesthesia.

A surgeon with an assistant performs layer-by-layer plastic surgery of the mucous membrane, orbital muscle and skin of the upper lip according to one of the selected surgical techniques and regarding the schistasis variant and form. This surgical intervention is the 1st stage of the multi-stage surgery. The effect lasts until the next stage of the upper lip repair.

Indication: unilateral and bilateral severe through wide forms of congenital schistasis of the upper lip, nose, alveolar ridge, hard and soft palate (unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate), diastasis between fragments is more than 2 cm.

Service duration: from 80 to 180 minutes (excluding anesthesia).

Terms of service provision

The service has age restrictions: child’s age is from 3 months, child’s weight should be over 5000 grams.

There are no absolute contraindications for the procedure: relative contraindications are severe cardiovascular and CNS disorders.

Preparation for the procedure: please, address coordinator of our contact-center for the details.

Additionally charged: general anesthesia, histological examination of the material, consumables (staplers, clips, cassettes for staplers depending on the surgical technique), inpatient treatment in the intensive care unit and inpatient department, lab tests and medications during the patient’s stay in the hospital, additional examination methods and counseling of the related medical specialists.