As clinicians, we don’t repair the ... we consider the surgery to be a success. The child looks more like everyone else at school. Q: How many of these types of patients do you treat each year? Kau: ...

Whether treating congenital anomalies like cleft lip and palate, repairing facial trauma or ... to achieve both functional and aesthetic excellence. Facial trauma repair is a type of surgery. It fixes ...

Surgery to repair cleft lip and/or palate is performed to restore form and function in children with these common congenital ...

Baby Everett has been cared for by the Alberta Children’s Hospital since before he was even born. At the 20-week ultrasound, his parents, Lindsay and Chris, learned he would be born with a cleft lip ...

As it happened for Kynlee, she asked her mother one night if dogs also have cleft lips—to which her mom replied "of course ...

In an initiative aimed at improving the lives of children with congenital disabilities, Smile Train and KGMT Multispecialty ...

Early surgery for isolated cleft palate repair is more likely to achieve a successful outcome, according to an international study of newborn babies from across Europe and South America. The study was ...

Diana Zubiri recently shared the tough journey of raising her son, King, born with a cleft lip and palate. The celebrity mom faced fear, uncertainty, and the struggle for acceptance. She also endured ...

Next, children will have surgery to repair the cleft and close the gap. Children will usually have surgery for a cleft lip between 3 and 6 months and for a cleft palate between 6 and 12 months.

Each year plastic and reconstructive surgeons improve the lives of millions of patients with congenital malformations (such as cleft lip and cleft ... after surgery for malignancy or other chronic ...