Treating children with cleft lip and palate is one of the most difficult tasks in reconstructing maxillofacial area. The problem is not only in the correction of the anatomical deformity,…
Objectives: Cleft lip with or without cleft palate are the most prevalent congenital craniofacial anomalies in humans. Secondary bone grafting is recommended if there is a persistent alveolar defect. Aim…
Background and objectives: In the treatment of cleft lip and palate, it is important to evaluate its treatment results after all the treatments have been completed. Above all, acquirement of…
Introduction: Bilateral cleft lip represents the most severe cleft lip and palate deformities. Diversity of treatment protocols are used. Controversies remain about the merits of one or two stages repair….
Cleft lip and palate is a common congenital facial deformity. For a good outcome early correction is essential. Further more in most of the cases this is associated with other…
Background and objective: Demarquay–van der Woude (DVWS) and Popliteal Pterygium (PPS) syndromes are two distinct autosomal dominant conditions generally presenting with cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Both syndromes are genetically…
Introduction: One of the common consequences of the surgical treatment of cleft palate patients is the excessive maxillary retrusion, which has not only aesthetic consequences but can also cause a…
The timing of alveolar cleft grafting has been subjected to considerable debate between surgeons. Secondary cleft grafting has been supported by many authors however tertiary grafting cases still participate in…
Cleft patients frequently require a maxillary advancement surgery to correct the midface retrusion. The options are maxillary advancement by Le Fort osteotomy or distraction osteogenesis with external or intraoral devices….
Background and objectives: Bilateral cleft lip palate patients often present vertical and horizontal excess in the premaxilla, together with dental torque alterations, due to unrestrained premaxilla displacement and premaxillary-vomerine suture…
Background and objectives : Many techniques are available to repair clefts of the palate. Techniques involving substantial stripping of the palatal mucoperiosteum, lead to maxillary hypoplasia. Vomerine flaps have been…
Background and objectives : Oronasal fistulae (ONF) following cleft palate (CP) repair are challenging and associated with high recurrence rates. The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of…
Background and objective : Octyl-2-cyanoacrylare is a synthetic adhesive recently applied for skin closure. Cleft lip repair is one of the most demanding of surgeries of head and neck. In…
Background and objectives : Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are congenital defects caused by defective fusion of the embryonic processes that participate in the formation of oral and nasal cavities….
Introduction/aims : Our aim is to demonstrate how the width of a cleft of the palate can be used to predict speech outcomes in children with cleft lip and palate….
Introduction/aims : Multiple Individual Audit Outcome Web (MIAOW) is a pictorial representation of outcomes and has been widely utilized in industry, finances and sports, but to our knowledge, not in…
Objective : This echocardio-graphic study aims to assess the incidence of cardiac abnormalities and their relevance to surgery amongst patients with oro-facial clefts. Materials and methods : A retrospective analysis…
Background and objectives : The diagnosis of Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) has always been controversial. A very large database (3791 cleft patients) with 237 cases of PRS, divided into the…
Objectives : The correction of the nasal deformity in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) is challenging and there is no single option for the nasal correction…
Background and objectives : The delayed or inadequate treatments of cleft lip palate and alveolus patients always reveal challenging clinical outcomes. The modified surgical approaches would be needed to overcome…
