Ergonomics for Cleft Providers: A Brief Communication.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries are the most common and debilitating work-related injuries among healthcare providers. These injuries often occur due to a lack of awareness and insufficient guidance during the early years of medical training. Recognizing the need to address this issue, the Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop (CCCW) has taken steps to integrate an ergonomics session into its curriculum.

Single-Stage Posterior Vomerine Ostectomy and Primary Cheiloplasty in Patients with Bilateral Cleft Lip & Palate and Protuberant Premaxilla.

Objective: A protruded premaxilla has always been challenging to care for by cleft care professionals. This study aims to fortify the use of a single-stage premaxillary setback, with posterior vomerine ostectomy and primary cheiloplasty to achieve proper care for patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) and protruded premaxilla.

Design: Longitudinal retrospective analysis.

Global Smile Foundation's Cleft Surgical Outreach Program: Clinical and Economic Impact During the Past 14 Years.

Clefts of the lip and/or palate can result in significant morbidity as well as economic and psychosocial distress for patients and families. Global Smile Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to providing comprehensive cleft care to patients with cleft of the lip/palate around the world. Primary cleft lip and primary cleft palate repairs performed by the Global Smile Foundation in the last decade were reviewed.

The First Hybrid International Educational Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop.

Objective: Describe the first hybrid global simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshop, evaluate impact on participants, and compare experiences based on in-person versus virtual attendance.

Design: Cross-sectional survey-based evaluation.

Setting: International comprehensive cleft care workshop.

Application of Safety Protocols for International Cleft Outreach Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Smile Foundation Precaution Guidelines and Implications.

Background: Since COVID-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March of 2020, foundation-based cleft outreach programs to Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) were halted considering global public health challenges, scarcity of capacity and resources, and travel restrictions. This led to an increase in the backlog of untreated patients with cleft lip and/or palate, with new challenges to providing comprehensive care in those regions. Resumption of international outreach programs requires an updated course of action to incorporate necessary safety measures in the face of the ongoing pandemic.