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…
