Discussion: two-stage palate repair with delayed hard palate closure is related to favorable maxillary growth in unilateral cleft lip and palate.
Gosain
Arun K
AK
Cleveland, Ohio From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000254:growth & development*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013060:Speech; D016896:Treatment Outcome