February 24, 2023 – Plastic surgery procedures performed to correct cleft lip and palate deformities in infants and children are economically undervalued, relative to pediatric craniofacial procedures ...

Plastic surgery procedures performed to correct cleft lip and palate deformities in infants and children are economically undervalued, relative to pediatric craniofacial procedures, concludes an ...

Every three minutes, a child somewhere in the world is born with a cleft lip or cleft palate. The condition is medically correctable, often through a single surgery. Yet for many children, ...

Cleft palate surgery remains a critical area within craniofacial surgery, with advances aimed at improving anatomical repair, functional outcomes and reducing postoperative complications. Contemporary ...

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 ...

ST. THOMAS — A team of clinicians at Schneider Regional Medical Center recently performed the first cleft palate repair surgery in the territory on a 3-year-old girl known as “Angel.” “We were ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When Stephanie Santana was five months ...

Dr. Christopher Dobson, a pediatric anesthesiologist, volunteers with organizations that provide cleft lip and palate surgery to underprivileged children. Cleft lip and palate surgery is a ...

John Blankenship will have another surgery next summer to close the hole in the roof of his mouth. His family is so grateful ...

Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and ...