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

Cleft lip and palate surgery can repair most of these issues. Depending on the severity of the irregularity, more than one surgical procedure is often needed.

Among infants with isolated cleft palate, whether primary surgery at 6 months of age is more beneficial than surgery at 12 months of age with respect to speech outcomes, hearing outcomes, dentofaci ...

Plastic surgery procedures performed to correct cleft lip and palate deformities in infants and children are economically undervalued, relative to pediatric craniofacial procedures, concludes an ...

For a cleft palate, the repair is usually planned when the child is between 10 and 12 months old. The wait from birth to surgery for a cleft palate is longer because it allows more time for the ...

By: Melanie Blumenthal, M.D., pediatrician, Craniofacial Program, Stramski Children’s Developmental Center, Miller Children’s ...

Babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, or both, will face some additional challenges in the early years of their lives, and so will their parents. Babies with clefts need to have surgery ...

The analysis included 5,927 children who underwent reconstructive surgery for cleft lip (without cleft palate repair) between 2006 and 2012.

Next, children will have surgery to repair the cleft and close the gap. Children will usually have surgery for a cleft lip between 3 and 6 months and for a cleft palate between 6 and 12 months.

Chelsea Sommer wants every child born with cleft palate to receive the care they deserve. The bilingual speech-language pathologist knows it can be challenging to obtain treatment for this complex ...