FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Racial and ethnic differences are seen with primary cleft lip surgery repair, according to a study published online in the November issue of Plastic and ...

The analysis included 5,927 children who underwent reconstructive surgery for cleft lip (without cleft palate repair) between ...

October 31, 2024 — Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November ...

The cleft may be repaired, but the bony structures of the teeth and everything else is not. As clinicians, we don’t repair the ... we consider the surgery to be a success. The child looks more like ...

Scientists will now be able to use precise models of skin cells in the human lip to make treatment simpler and better.

Amukelani, born with a cleft lip, is among 18 children receiving corrective surgery during Smile Week thanks to donors.