background: children with cleft lip and palate generally suffer from inappropriate and inadequate feeding, resulting in insufficient weight gain leading to malnutrition and poor growth. we aimed to evaluate the nutritional and growth status of cleft lip and palate children before and after reconstructive cleft lip and palate surgery. methods: all cleft lip and palate children aging from birth u...

introduction: cleft lips and cleft palates are common congenital abnormalities in children. various chromosomal loci have been suggested to be responsible the development of these abnormalities. the present study was carried out to investigate the association between the suspected genes (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase [mthfr] a1298c and c677t) that might contribute into the etiology of the...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the differences in growth impairment according to sex in the 2 first years of life in children with three types of clefts. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 881 children (58.9% boys and 41.1% girls) with cleft lip and palate treated at the Craniofacial Anomaly Rehabilitation Hospital, (University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP), Brazil. Age ranged from 1 to 24 months. ...

Cleft involving the lip and palate are most commonly seen congenital deformities that occurs at time of birth. They not life threatening unless associated with some syndromes having systemic complications. Alveolar bone grafting is a common modalities treatment for improving patients CLCP multidisciplinary approach. This article discusses secondary alveolar graft in detail future prospects.

OBJECTIVE One measure of primary cleft palate repair success is the subsequent need for secondary pharyngoplasty due to velopharyngeal insufficiency. This study aimed to assess primary palatoplasty outcomes and frequency of secondary pharyngoplasty. STUDY DESIGN A total of 138 patients underwent palatoplasty between 1998 and 2011. All patients were treated with 1-stage palatoplasty closing th...

Cleft palate following cleft lip may include a developmental disorder during palatogenesis. CL/Fr mice fetuses, which develop cleft lip and palate spontaneously, have less capability for in vivo cell proliferation in palatal mesenchyme compared with CL/Fr normal fetuses. In order to know the changes of signaling molecules contributing to cleft palate morphogenesis following cleft lip, the mRNA ...

craniofacial  anomalies  include  clefts,  synostoses,  atrophic  abnormalities,neoplasias etc. among which cleft lip and/or palate caused by abnormal facial development during gestation is one of the most prevalent congenital defects. its overall occurrence is about 1:700 ranging from 0.02 to 4.04 in 1000 live births. there are different etiologic factors considering the cleft cause. in most c...

Introduction : Nasal reconstruction presents a challenge in case of patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). Correction the nasal deformity to achieve symmetrical nose from deficient columella malformed cartilage great challenge. Nasoalveolar molding (NAM) was developed as neoadjuvant therapy for improve before surgical intervention. The aim this systematic review understand more a...

A notch on the vermillion is one of the most common complications following the repair of a unilateral cleft lip. Several methods have been described for the secondary correction of a notch. However, there are only a few reports on how the notch can be prevented during primary lip repair. Causes of a vermillion notch were analysed at the Charles Pinto Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate and each po...

1 Gavin Chun-Wui Kang, MD Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Singapore Jung-Ju Huang, MD Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Plastic Surgery Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan, Taiwan Chun-Shin Chang, MD Graduate Institute...