Cleft palate surgery remains a critical area within craniofacial surgery, with advances aimed at improving anatomical repair, functional outcomes and reducing postoperative complications. Contemporary ...

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 ...

For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce or ...

For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce or eliminate the need for opioid medications to control postoperative pain, ...

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 ...

Armed group seen running through Cedar Hill community in online video, WCSO investigates A group of individuals were seen running with firearms through the Cedar Hill community Saturday, 1 person ...

Snot coming out of a five-month-old baby's nose is not normally something mums cheer about. But for Landsborough mum Charlotte Halliday seeing her little boy Charlie sneeze for the first time this ...

Charitable organizations perform more than 80 percent of cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries in Vietnam--reflecting the complex and persistent barriers to surgical care in low- to middle-income ...

Participating surgeon partners included: Elevated Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery’s Randall Russell, Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery’s Richard H. Kim, Colorado Oral Surgery’s Michael ...

When Dr. Bryden Stanley, a veterinarian, saw Mr. Moo, a 9-month-old dog with a cleft palate, for the first time, she wasn't sure how she was going to treat him. The head of surgery for small animals ...

KIMS Icon Hospital in Visakhapatnam celebrates 3,000 successful cleft lip and palate surgeries, enhancing lives of underprivileged patients.