2. Preoperative assessment of the child with cleft lip and palate a. The presence of rhinorrhoea means surgery should be cancelled b. Bilateral cleft lip predicts difficult laryngoscopy c. Bilateral cleft lip predicts an increased risk of postoperative respiratory complications d. A history of apnoea during feeds may indicate chronic airway obstruction e. Sedative premedication is useful and pr...

BACKGROUND A high incidence of orofacial clefts is reported in China, but no data has shown the relation between cleft types and the incidence of other defects so far. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of congenital heart diseases and other organic defects associated with different types of orofacial clefts. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS All children with orofacial clefts,...

BACKGROUND A retrospective review of cleft lip operations at our hospital during 1991-2000 showed that on average 17 patients per year were operated on for cleft lip and palate and that each year saw an increasing number of patients being treated. The purpose of this study was to determine the change that had occurred in the number of patients treated for cleft lip and palate during the five-ye...

Cleft lip and palate is a congenital deformity associated with maxillary sagittal transverse discrepancies. Feeding an immediate concern in children born cleft as it delays their normal growth. A feeding plate essential for proper nutrition, has role craniofacial development decreases the incidence of otitis media nasopharyngeal infections. This case report describes single visit technique fabr...

This article discusses monozygotic twin patients with Van der Woude syndrome, the most common form of syndromic cleft lip and palate, who have concordant manifestations. The syndrome has an autosomal dominant hereditary pattern with variable expressivity and a high degree of penetrance with clinical features, including lower lip sinuses with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or both. Some mutations ha...

Orofacial clefts are one of the most common congenital anomalies. The incidence is approximately 1 : 500 to 1 : 550 births [1]. The group of orofacial anomalies is heterogeneous. It comprises “typical” orofacial clefts ((cleft lip (CL), cleft lip and cleft palate (CLP) and cleft palate only (CP)) and “atypical” clefts (median, transversal, oblique and other Tessier’s types of facial clefts)[1]....

Author Disclosure Dr Abbott has disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this article. This commentary does not contain a discussion of an unapproved/ investigative use of a commercial product/ device. Editor’s Note: In the recently published article “Causal Attributions of Cleft Lip and Palate Across Cultures” (Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2013;50[6]:655–661), the authors state that, acro...

The aim of this article is to describe early maxillary alignment in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate using a new orthopedic appliance incorporating beta-titanium wire. The new orthopedic appliance was made with acrylic resin and a spring-shaped beta-titanium wire, and the appliance was fixed onto the hard palate with microscrews under general anesthesia for approximately 1 month. A...

Orofacial clefts are one of the most common congenital anomalies. The incidence is approximately 1 : 500 to 1 : 550 births [1]. The group of orofacial anomalies is heterogeneous. It comprises “typical” orofacial clefts ((cleft lip (CL), cleft lip and cleft palate (CLP) and cleft palate only (CP)) and “atypical” clefts (median, transversal, oblique and other Tessier’s types of facial clefts)[1]....