. Transactions of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association . Fig. 1.—Authors harelip operation, showing inner sutures and reten-tion sutures in place; skin sutures ready for Fig. 2.—Authors harelip operation; all sutures tied and operation completed. ALEX. HUGH FERGUSON 285 the nostril with medicated gauze wrapped around a sectionof a soft rubber catheter. This is left in place until the car-tilage has united or until the contour of the nose is some cases I have found it necessary to separate the nasalseptum at its base and shift it to the desired side. I wishto e


. Transactions of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association . Fig. 1.—Authors harelip operation, showing inner sutures and reten-tion sutures in place; skin sutures ready for Fig. 2.—Authors harelip operation; all sutures tied and operation completed. ALEX. HUGH FERGUSON 285 the nostril with medicated gauze wrapped around a sectionof a soft rubber catheter. This is left in place until the car-tilage has united or until the contour of the nose is some cases I have found it necessary to separate the nasalseptum at its base and shift it to the desired side. I wishto emphasize the importance of the restoration of the bonyframework by an osteotomy. That is the crux of the entireoperation on the nostril. CLEFT PALATE. Clinical Varieties. 1. Incomplete: (a) Bifid uvula. (b) Bifid soft palate. (c) Partial cleft of the posterior border of the hard palate.(<£) Fissure of the alveolar process and anteriorborder of the hard palate. 2. Complete: (a) Single into one nasal cavity. (b) Double into both nasal cavities. 3. Complicated with harelip; single and double. (a) Os incisivum and prolabium attached to one orother superior maxilla and the defect bene


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