A child is scheduled for cleft surgery. The family has arranged time off work, coordinated travel, and completed all ...

Cleft lip and palate surgery is a procedure that can correct a common birth irregularity. It’s typically performed in infancy and can correct issues with feeding, speech, and appearance. Share on ...

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 ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — One Oklahoma family is counting their Christmas blessings this holiday. Earlier this year, their son was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate. They have invited News 4’s Ali ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Katy Winget was born with a cleft lip and was scared that her son would too. “That was her biggest fear throughout the whole pregnancy was the cleft lip,” said her husband, Tyler.

Plans to scrap specialist training could leave patients with permanent speech difficulties and problems with eating Laura Donnelly is the Health Editor for The Telegraph, leading award-winning ...

Pregnant Yellowjackets star Samantha Hanratty is preparing for her first child, a baby boy, to have cleft lip surgery shortly after he’s born. “My baby is going to be born with a cleft lip. We’re not ...

University of Florida plastic surgery resident Dr. Haley Oberhofer for more than a decade has committed her time to help others put a smile on their face. Working as a volunteer, Oberhofer splits her ...

At least 41 patients, mostly children with cleft lip and palate from Masbate province, can now smile with renewed confidence ...