Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal development, can result in babies with facial differences such as a cleft lip or ...

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 ...

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

A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants, researcher report. A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be ...

For children with cleft lip and palate, the chances of undergoing secondary surgery vary depending on the center where they're treated, reports a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery--Global ...

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 ...

For children with cleft lip and palate, the chances of undergoing secondary surgery vary depending on the center where they're treated, reports a new study. For children with cleft lip and palate, the ...

A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants, reports a paper in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, published in the ...

For children with cleft palate, corrective treatment typically requires years of complex surgical operations for most of their childhood. But a relatively new surgical strategy developed at University ...

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 ...