%0 Journal Article
%T Bilateral Choanal Atresia with Tessier Type 3 Facial Cleft: A Rare Association
%A Munisamy Ragavan
%A ArunKumar S
%A Balaji NS
%J Journal of Neonatal Surgery
%D 2012
%I EL-MED-Pub Publishers
%X Craniofacial cleft may involve the mouth, cheeks, eyes, ears and forehead and may continue into the hairline. In 1976, Tessier classified the clefts between 0 and 14 based on extent of the cleft using the mouth, nose and eye sockets as landmarks with the midline designated as zero. The Tessier 3 and 4 facial clefts, also called naso-ocular, or nasomaxillary clefts, result from the disruption of the lateral nasal and maxillary processes.
%K craniofacial clefts
%K tessier classification
%K bilateral choanal atresia
%U http://jneonatalsurg.com/documents/vol-1/pdf/jns-1-51.pdf