PMC5217141_01
The initial appearance of the patient
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F1
A 5-day-old female was admitted with a midline cleft of the lower lip, mandible, and tongue along with midline deficiency of the muscles and skin of the neck region [Figure 1].
After repair of the defect
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F2
Here tip of the tongue was released from the floor of mouth, both halves of the mandible were united by stainless steel wire suturing and the soft tissue over the mandible was repaired in a straight line [Figure 2].