LIP REPAIR ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DELAIRE - WHAT IS ITS SIGNIFICANCE

45 patients with UCLP/UCL and BCLP/BCL had a lip repair at a mean age of 4 months according to the principles of Delaire from 1989 to 1993. Their aesthetic results and the influence upon growth and symmetry of the face was evaluated by standardized checking of possible negative p oints of the lip, nose and alveolus, by measuring different distances of the mid-face in standardized photographs and by comparing the data with the literature. The aesthetic results are equal to other studies and there are some indications of a better stimulation of growth and h armonization of the face.