Cleft lip and palate are relatively common deformities, but only a few hundred reconstructive surgeons in the United States work with such patients. John A. Girotto, MD, not only cares for children ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is ...

A combination of two established surgical techniques provides good outcomes in repair of cleft palate in infants, reports a study in the July issue of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. "Based on our ...

For children with cleft palate, corrective treatment typically requires years of complex surgical operations for most of their childhood. But a relatively new surgical strategy developed at University ...

One of the world’s most common surgeries in children has been taught for decades using a Styrofoam cup. Cleft lip and palate repair is a delicate procedure, and the outcome is sometimes hard to ...

When Peter was born six years ago, his mother abandoned him in the very hospital where she gave birth in Ghana’s southern Ashanti region. He came out of her womb with a gaping split in his face from ...

The independent study—Economic Valuation of the Global Burden of Cleft Disease Averted by a Large Cleft Charity—measures the economic impact of Smile Train's cleft repair surgical work over 10 years.

A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants, researcher report. A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be ...

It's estimated that every three minutes, somewhere in the world a baby is born with a cleft lip or palate, making it one of the most common birth defects. Eighteen-year-old Emma Johnston was born with ...