Background: The most frequently reported facial clefts are clefting of the palatine bone and the alveolar process of the maxilla. In 75% of the cleft lip and palate occurrences, the…
Background and purpose: In case of cleft lip, we have performed an early neo natal surgery during 20 years. Before ultrasonography diagnosis, in front of parent’s psychological distress, we thought…
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)…
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…
