Author
- Suman Das
- Kaustuv Roy
- Sayantan Nag
- Dipsankar Jana
Abstract
Babies born with clefts of the lip, and the alveolus or palate, or both, require multidisciplinary, highly specialised treatment from birth to early adulthood. These defects arise in about 1•7 per 1000 liveborn babies, with ethnic and geographic variation. Effects on speech, hearing, appearance, and psychology can lead to long-lasting adverse outcomes for health and social integration. Typically, children with these disorders need multidisciplinary care from birth to adulthood and have higher morbidity and mortality throughout life than do unaffected individuals. We have outlined the various protocols we use in the management of such babies in our institute and presented outcomes of few of such cases done here.
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