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

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is ...

Cleft lip and palate are relatively common deformities, but only a few hundred reconstructive surgeons in the United States work with such patients. John A. Girotto, MD, not only cares for children ...

A nerve block can help babies manage pain from cleft palate surgery without opioids Opioid use was dramatically lower among babies given a nerve block 7 of 10 babies needed no opioids at all to manage ...

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

Nothing warned Lindsey and Justin Wagner that their second child would be born with a problem. When little Edith, now 21 months old, arrived, a nurse said, “Not to alarm you, but your daughter has a ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

Oral and maxillofacial surgery treats conditions in your mouth, teeth, jaw, neck, and face. You might need surgery if you have an injury, disease, deformity, cosmetic concern, or other condition. Oral ...

Cleft palate has been linked to dozens of genes. While studying one of these genes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine were surprised to find that cleft palate occurs both when ...

The term cleft signifies a space (abnormal) or gap in a structure. In this case a cleft lip will be a gap/ abnormal space in the normal anatomy of the lip. Should the cleft occur in the lip – cleft ...