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Cleft Palate Craniofac J
January 2025
Department of Plastic Surgery, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Objective: This study aims to map the existing sources of evidence on perioperative care and recovery strategies for primary cleft palate repair, to identify elements that should be included in an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP), and to identify gaps in current knowledge.
Design: Scoping review.
Setting: ERPs are evidence-based, patient-centered, multimodal, perioperative care pathways designed to reduce surgical stress and improve postoperative outcomes and are increasingly being reported in the cleft lip and palate literature.
PLoS One
January 2025
Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Background: Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial anomalies that include a variety of conditions affecting the lips and oral cavity. They remain a significant global public health challenge. Despite this, the quality of care for orofacial clefts has not been investigated at global and country levels.
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January 2025
Global Smile Foundation, Norwood, MA, USA.
Objective: This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of solely using local anesthetics for cleft lip repair and/or revision in adolescent and adult patients.
Design: Systematic review.
Setting: Clinical studies describing the use of local anesthetics in cleft lip repair procedures.
Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common congenital defects of the head. The treatment of clefts is centralized, multidisciplinary, and involves a plastic surgeon, orthodontist, anesthesiologist, clinical speech therapist, and other specialists. While the incidence of cleft lip and cleft palate remains approximately unchanged, the approach to their treatment is evolving.
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November 2024
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Vijayapura, IND.
The most common congenital cervical masses are thyroglossal cysts followed by branchial cleft anomalies. However, their synchronous presentation is uncommon. A man in his early thirties visited our ear, nose, and throat (ENT) outpatient department (OPD) with complaints of a three-month history of right-side neck swelling.
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