Open Roof Deformity Symptoms

Cleft lip and cleft palate may appear as.

Open roof deformity symptoms.

When the lateral segments fail to align with the septal dorsum following osteotomies a gap which may be visually and palpably obvious results. Other symptoms are similar to those seen with other orbital fractures including poor vision double vision pain with eye movement and pain with nose blowing. Hump removal frequently results in an open roof during rhinoplasty which is conventionally closed with lateral osteotomies. A split in the lip and roof of the mouth palate that affects one or both sides of the face.

The hump is removed with a scalpel essentially a slice of bone is taken away. Usually a split cleft in the lip or palate is immediately identifiable at birth. On profile view a large dorsal hump causes the nose to look like it has a big bump. After the bone is sliced away the nose looks great on profile view.

Although she was delighted with the results of the surgery at first ms morris developed an open roof deformity which causes a visible dent to appear over the bridge of the nose and found it worsened over time. In this article the author presents a new and practical approach to fix the open roof deformity.