I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does ...

Cleft lip and palate are congenital craniofacial anomalies that require a comprehensive surgical approach to restore facial aesthetics, speech, and overall function. Treatment is typically ...

Cleft lip: A congenital split in the upper lip that may extend into the nose, requiring surgical repair. Cleft palate: A congenital malformation characterised by an incomplete formation of the ...

A proposed classification system appears highly accurate in evaluating nasal deformities in infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP), reports a study in the May/June issue of The Journal ...

At just a few months old Charlie had his first surgery to repair his cleft lip and then at nine months a surgery on the palate. In total he has had 15 surgeries, the most recent was to build a new gum ...

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.

Several techniques are available for the surgical repair of the cleft lip, however, avoiding secondary deformities and achieving consistent results remains a challenge. The whistle deformity is a ...

Lip repair was performed at an average and median age of 3 months (range 2–7 months). Palate repair was performed at an average and median age of 9 months (range 8–16 months). Twenty of 77 children ...

In the rapidly evolving field of oral and maxillofacial surgery, few names resonate as strongly as Dr. Vladimir Soyfer . As both a renowned maxillofa ...