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Three-Dimensional Quantification of Postoperative Facial Asymmetry in Patients With Unilateral Cleft lip and Palate Using Facial Symmetry Plane.

Authors :
Shiigi, Ayano
Okawachi, Takako
Kamiya, Tohru
Hosoki, Daisuke
Nomoto, Namiko
Ratman, Mohamad Farid
Amir, Muhammad Subhan
Ishihata, Kiyohide
Nakamura, Norifumi
Source :
Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal; Feb2024, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p209-218, 10p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Objective: To quantitatively assess three-dimensional (3D) soft tissue facial asymmetry in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) who have undergone primary lip repair. Design: Clinical, retrospective, comparative, methodological study. Patients/Participants: Twenty patients with UCLP were selected after a review of the records. Inclusion Criteria: Complete UCLP; surgically treated without secondary repair. An age-matched and sex-matched Control group was employed. Main Outcome Measures: A 3D facial symmetry plane (FSP) was obtained by superimposing the point clouds of the original 3D facial image excluding the surgical site and including lip and nose areas and those of a mirrored facial image using the iterative closest point (ICP) adjustment method. The discrepancies in the depth and angle of the normal vector of the facial surface of each point cloud between right and left sides (cleft and non-cleft sides in the UCLP group, respectively) based on FSP were calculated. Results: Facial asymmetry in the UCLP group was significantly greater than in the Control group regarding both the discrepancies in the depth (1.34 ± 0.62, 0.73 ± 0.32 pixels, respectively) (P =.0004) and surface angle (18.0 ± 5.88, 12.8 ± 4.0°, respectively) (P =.0024). Biaxial assessment of the discrepancies in the depth and surface angle allowed us to visually extract UCLP patients with greater facial asymmetry. Conclusions: Facial asymmetry analysis based on 3D FSP effectively facilitates the facial asymmetry quantification and soft tissue surgical outcome evaluation in patients with UCLP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10556656
Volume :
61
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174475747
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656221123276