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 ...

Between 20 and 29 weeks gestational age ... isolated cleft lip was 33.3%. Antenatal ultrasound failed to detect any infants with an isolated cleft palate (n = 95). The rate of detection of ...

“So during our 20-week ultrasound, we found out that Ari was going to have a bilateral cleft lip and palate. So that’s a ...

Diagnosis of clefts depends on whether they affect the lip, palate, or both. Cleft lips are usually diagnosed during the 20 week screening ... hard to detect on an ultrasound scan.

A cleft palate is a V- or U-shaped gap in the tissue between the mouth and the inside of the nose. It includes variable ...

July is Cleft ... palate births at Children’s Hospital each year and another 60 to 80 adoptions from other countries which we participate in helping. Our team is involved with them in multiple ways ...