Cleft lip and palate are the most common congenital malformations in the craniofacial region, occurring at a rate of 1:700 births in Brazil. These conditions lead to functional impacts on patients, ...

The analysis included 5,927 children who underwent reconstructive surgery for cleft lip (without cleft palate repair) between 2006 and 2012. Data were drawn from the nationwide Kids' Inpatient ...

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[1] The impact of surgical maxillary advancement on speech, breathing and pharyngeal airway dimensions in patients with cleft lip and/or palate: A systematic review and … ...

The president and chief executive officer of Smile Train, a non-governmental organisation that offers free cleft lip and palate surgeries, Dr Susannah Schaefer, said in Africa alone, the 149 250 ...

1 Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology and Universite catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 74+4, Brussels, Belgium 2 Centre for Human Genetics, ...

This can cause congenital deformities of limbs. In some cases ... For example, a band that passes over the face has been associated with cleft lip and even clef palate. In cases where the amniotic ...

The scientists selected skin cells from tissue donated by two patients: one undergoing treatment for a lip laceration, and one undergoing treatment for a cleft lip. The scientists used a ...