title: New directions in the management of cleft lip.
abstract: Advances in cleft lip and palate have included improved understanding of its etiopathogenesis, genetics, and the surgical evolution of technical refinements in the correction of this deformity.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California, USA.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Punjabi
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Thaller
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*