Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . lving the entire lip and lower portionof the septum. 2^6 PLASTIC SURGERY VARIETIES OF CLEFT PALATE A. Incomplete cleft palate, in which the cleft does not implicatethe alveolus. B. Complete cleft palate, in which the cleft implicates the hardand soft palates, and extends through thealveolus. The extent of the cleft varies con-siderably. A. Incomplete cleft palate may be sub-divided into (i) Cleft of the soft palate single incom- ^Ms may implicate only the uvula or the en-piete harelip.—The margins tire soft palate may be cleft. (


Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . lving the entire lip and lower portionof the septum. 2^6 PLASTIC SURGERY VARIETIES OF CLEFT PALATE A. Incomplete cleft palate, in which the cleft does not implicatethe alveolus. B. Complete cleft palate, in which the cleft implicates the hardand soft palates, and extends through thealveolus. The extent of the cleft varies con-siderably. A. Incomplete cleft palate may be sub-divided into (i) Cleft of the soft palate single incom- ^Ms may implicate only the uvula or the en-piete harelip.—The margins tire soft palate may be cleft. (2) Cleft of the of the cleft were close together 777 r 777 • • j and were easily approximated, hard palate as Jar as the alvcotar margin, m ad-in a case of this type it is ad- ^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^n palate. The extent of the visable to excise the thinned _ ? ^ tissue just below the nostril cleft in the hard palate may vary from a and proceed as in a complete ^ ^ • ^^ . • .• ^ • t i^areiip. notch m the posterior portion to one impii-.


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