Data analyses demonstrated that non-White children were more likely to have delays to cleft lip surgery (after age six months) – between 23% and 29%, compared to just eight percent for White ...

Racial and ethnic differences are seen with primary cleft lip surgery repair, according to a study published online in the ...

Surgery to repair cleft lip and/or palate is performed to restore form and function in children with these common congenital malformations. In a previous study , Dr. Steinbacher's group reported ...

we consider the surgery to be a success. The child looks more like everyone else at school. Q: How many of these types of patients do you treat each year? Kau: We see about 60 to 80 cleft lip palate ...

Amukelani, born with a cleft lip, is among 18 children receiving corrective surgery during Smile Week thanks to donors.

We use our lips to talk, eat, drink, and breathe; they signal our emotions, health, and aesthetic beauty. It takes a complex ...

Scientists will now be able to use precise models of skin cells in the human lip to make treatment simpler and better.

THE public should stop discriminating and stigmatising individuals with cleft lip and palate, Government has said, as it ...

Both he and his son Beau were born with a cleft lip and palate. Four-month-old Beau had surgery on Wednesday. Bighill had described Williams' actions as "sickening, and a reminder to many of how ...

More than paying lip service, the cells may offer new opportunities to research and treat various lip conditions ...

HealthDay News — Racial and ethnic differences are seen with primary cleft lip surgery repair, according to a study published online in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Connor ...