Aim: To investigate by a longitudinal retrospective study the stability of the transverse maxillary expansion after SPSMO in CLP patients. A second aim was to compare these data with non-CLP…
Background and purpose: Today primary repair of cleft lip and palate is not only a lip closure. The repair has become a nasal and lip repair. A good result on…
Methods: In our proposed technique of nasoalveolar cleft repair, nasal and oral mucosal flaps are elevated. Once nasal mucosa is sutured, cyanoacrylate is applied to nasalflap. Nose is irrigated to…
Aim: To evaluate the impact made by a surgeon in a multidisciplinary speech investigation clinic. Method: A multidisciplinary speech investigation clinic has been structured at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital…
Background and objectives: Alar base deformities is a common finding in a alveolar cleft patients. Due to distorted anatomy of the maxilla and lack of maxillary bone support in this…
Objectives: Alveolar bone grafting is a common procedure in the treatment of maxillary defects in cleft patients. The defect has a complex 3D form and can be difficult to visualize….
Background and objectives: A secondary correcting cleft lip nasal deformity is a challenge due to its complex nature. The aim of this study is to present our experience of secondary…
Objectives: To report the successful results using autogeneous tooth bone graft material (Auto-Tooth Bone) in alveolar cleft patients. Auto-Tooth Bone is composed of bio-recycled extracted teeth developed in Korea used…
Background/objectives: One in six to seven hundred babies are born with cleft lip/palate annually in the UK. The psychological implications on children and immediate family can be severe, primarily due…
Velopharyngoplasty – the formation of a permanent graft mucosa, submucosa and muscle between the structures of the soft palate and posterior pharyngeal wall (PPW) to eliminate the VPI (velopharyngeal insufficiency)…
