TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospectives in cleft lip and palate repair
AU - Oberg, K. C.
AU - Kirsch, W. M.
AU - Hardesty, R. A.
N1 - A recent focus on fetal surgery has raised the possibility of fetal cleft lip and palate repairs. Because of the fetus's marked plasticity, fetal repairs may have results that more closely approximate normality. Furthermore, the impact on cost management could be dramatic with a decreased need for extensive postoperative care, orthodontia, and speech therapy.
PY - 1993/10/1
Y1 - 1993/10/1
N2 - A recent focus on fetal surgery has raised the possibility of fetal cleft lip and palate repairs. Because of the fetus's marked plasticity, fetal repairs may have results that more closely approximate normality. Furthermore, the impact on cost management could be dramatic with a decreased need for extensive postoperative care, orthodontia, and speech therapy. This article considers the future prospects of intrauterine cleft lip repair as the next generation of surgical advances.
AB - A recent focus on fetal surgery has raised the possibility of fetal cleft lip and palate repairs. Because of the fetus's marked plasticity, fetal repairs may have results that more closely approximate normality. Furthermore, the impact on cost management could be dramatic with a decreased need for extensive postoperative care, orthodontia, and speech therapy. This article considers the future prospects of intrauterine cleft lip repair as the next generation of surgical advances.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8275643
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027425221
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027425221#tab=citedBy
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8275643
SN - 0094-1298
VL - 20
SP - 815
EP - 821
JO - Clinics in Plastic Surgery
JF - Clinics in Plastic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -