John Blankenship will have another surgery next summer to close the hole in the roof of his mouth. His family is so grateful ...

Samantha Hanratty revealed that her son will be getting surgery at three weeks old to close his cleft lip. “My baby is going to be born with a cleft lip. We’re not 100 percent sure, and we probably ...

Cleft lip and palate are congenital craniofacial anomalies that require a comprehensive surgical approach to restore facial aesthetics, speech, and overall function. Treatment is typically ...

FRIDAY, Dec. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Using a nerve blocker before surgery to correct cleft palate can reduce or eliminate ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is ...

A Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Dr. Otto Nimi Aria, has called on ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is ...

Comprehensive cleft care for children in India is driven by the non-profit private model while government has achieved little ...

Seven-month-old Adnan Saleh had just come out of surgery to fix a cleft lip. But suddenly his newly repaired mouth was filling with blood. The post-op nurses rushed to make sure he didn't choke.

In 2011, Jeremy Shipp and his wife welcomed their son Henry, who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Navigating their child through surgeries to repair the split in his upper lip and the roof ...