LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Every parent dreams of having a healthy baby. According to the March of Dimes, nearly 7,000 babies are born every year in this country with a birth defect in the lip or tongue.

Cleft lip and palate are relatively common deformities, but only a few hundred reconstructive surgeons in the United States work with such patients. John A. Girotto, MD, not only cares for children ...

Often, cleft lip can be detected through ultrasound, but families need to wait a few months before their babies can have the reparative surgery. Dr. Barbu Gociman is a facial plastic surgeon who ...

Cleft lip and palate repair encompasses a spectrum of surgical and non-surgical interventions designed to restore form and function to the orofacial region. Primary surgical repair typically occurs ...

For children with cleft palate, corrective treatment typically requires years of complex surgical operations for most of their childhood. But a relatively new surgical strategy developed at University ...

Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and ...

When Yvette Claassens gave birth and saw her baby for the first time, her immediate reaction was to give him away. The ...

When Morgan Campbell was a junior in high school, she had a major jaw surgery, one of 14 procedures required to repair her cleft palate and lip. The recovery kept her home from school for a month.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 5, 2022) — Hospitalman Kelsey Peterson, from Boise, Idaho, right, prepares materials for a cleft palate repair surgery aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship ...

Cleft lip or palate refers to the separation due to non-fusion of the tissues of the upper lip and palate or roof of the mouth. Surgery is necessary to correct cleft lip and cleft palate. Evaluation ...