[Clinical features of cleft palate with micrognathia and the risk of early palatoplasty].
This review focus on the characters of patients with cleft palate and micrognathia, the pathologic and physiological changes of this malformation and their influence on the patients, the risk factors of cleft palate repair, the indication and the outcome of palatoplasty. It is aimed to give a guideline for the optimal timing of cleft palate repair and the reduction of the risk factors,for these unique patients.
Zhu
Yi-bo
YB
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Ma
Lian
L
D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000473:pathology*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012307:Risk Factors