A total of 252 infants exposed to tetracycline during the first trimester received a diagnosis of any MCM, compared with ...

Cleft palate correction in baby animals must be done when they are old enough for safe anesthesia and their tissue has fully matured, which is possible at 45 days of age, when the animal can better ...

OBJECTIVE: To study the risks of having other birth defects in children born with an isolated cleft palate (iCP) when the length of the cleft was taken into account. The hypothesis was that a ...

Researchers observed significant unadjusted differences by race and ethnicity across all outcomes, with the lowest odds of delayed surgery, complications, and prolonged length of stay and the lowest ...

postoperative surgical complications, and prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) after primary cleft lip repair using data from patients identified in the 2006 through 2012 Kids' Inpatient Database.

Connor K. Peck, M.D., M.P.H., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues examined the effects of race and ethnicity on the likelihood of experiencing delays to surgery, ...

The new clinic will allow Shriners medical teams to provide pediatric orthopedic, cleft lip/palate and burn reconstruction care to new and established patients from throughout East Texas and the ...

The new clinic will allow Shriners medical teams to provide pediatric orthopedic, cleft lip/palate, and burn reconstruction care to new and established patients from throughout East Texas and the ...

For an infant with isolated CP, the prognosis is also excellent. Some children develop velopharyngeal insufficiency, characterized by nasal regurgitation and nasal speech. A palatal flap procedure ...

For example, having more underlying medical comorbidities was associated with significant delays in care, increased postoperative complications, prolonged hospital stays, and increased costs. Other ...

Data analyses demonstrated that non-White children were more likely to have delays to cleft lip surgery (after age six months) – between 23% and 29%, compared to just eight percent for White ...