Pinto V, et al. - Researchers evaluated the inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH) severity and determined the degree of nasal airway patency in cases that underwent primary correction of the nasal septum during lip repair compared to patients operated on without primary septal correction. Results suggested that in patients with unilateral cleft lip palate (UCLP), there was a significant degree of ITH and nasal airway dysfunction. During primary cleft lip repair, early septal repositioning resulted in a statistically significant reduction in IT size and improvement of nasal patency.