Fetal Cleft Lip/Palate Surgery: End of a Dream?
Recognition that a fetus can scarlessly heal in intrauterine life led to various animal studies in the mid 1980s exploring the possibility of fetal cleft lip/palate surgery. The idea of scarless cleft repair seemed like a possible dream after the promising results from the early animal studies. In this review, we analyze the progress made in the 30 years since our first experience with animal models.
a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
Sinan
S
Ozturk
a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
Huseyin
H
Karagoz
b Department of Plastic , Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
Fatih
F
Zor
c Department of Anesthesiology , Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gülhane Military Medical Academy , Istanbul , Turkey.
Gökhan
G
Inangil
d Department of Radiology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
Kemal
K
Kara
D000818:Animals; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005332:Fetoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans
cleft lip/palate; experimental; fetal surgery