S234
Cleft Lip and Palate: Comprehensive Reconstruction From Infancy Through Adolescence
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
24A (San Diego Convention Center)
Cleft Lip and Palate: Comprehensive Reconstruction From Infancy Through Adolescence
This is a ticketed session.
Bernard Costello DMD, MD
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ramon Ruiz DMD, MD
Orlando, FL, USA
Surgeons caring for children with cleft lip and palate deformities must proceed with a firm cognitive understanding of three-dimensional regional anatomy, the extent of the hard and soft tissue defects, and the complex interplay between surgery and subsequent growth. This allows the clinician to appropriately formulate and sequence the staged surgical treatment of patients with cleft lip and palate deformities from the initial consultation in infancy and through adulthood. This session will provide a comprehensive review of the treatment rationale, diagnostic approach and operative techniques involved in the staged management of facial clefts.
- Describe the staged approach to treatment of clefts from infancy through adulthood.
- Describe the surgical procedures commonly used to reconstruct deformities associated with clefts.