Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Fig. 223.—Operation for single incomplete harelip (Nelaton).— r. The dark lineindicates the incision through the lip parallel to the notch and above the vermillion The loop of tissue drawn downward. 3. The wound closed in a vertical line. Shrink-age of the scar usually reduces the apparent over-correction. In all cases of incomplete harelip in which there is a groove to thenostril and the tissues are thin, it is advisable to convert the defect.

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