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[Echographic prenatal diagnosis of cleft lip and palate: orthodontic implications]
F Pachi1, F Torcia, R Giancotti
1Roma Università: Tor Vergata.
Insights
Early corrective surgery for cleft lip and palate offers significant benefits. This approach enables natural feeding and streamlines future surgical planning for a coordinated treatment approach.
Area of Science:
- Craniofacial Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Prenatal Diagnosis
Context:
- Two cases of ultrasound prenatal diagnosis for cleft lip and palate.
- Cleft lip and palate are congenital conditions requiring surgical intervention.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the utility of early corrective surgery for cleft lip and palate.
- To assess the impact of immediate postnatal surgery on infant feeding and long-term surgical planning.
Summary:
- Prenatal ultrasound identified cleft lip and palate in two cases.
- Immediate postnatal corrective surgery facilitated natural feeding.
- Early surgery aided in coordinating subsequent corrective procedures with plastic surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, and orthodontists.
Impact:
- Suggests early corrective surgery as a beneficial first-step treatment for cleft lip and palate.
- Highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in managing cleft lip and palate.
- Improves infant outcomes by enabling natural feeding and optimizing surgical timelines.
Abstract:
The study of two cases of ultrasound prenatal diagnosis of cleft lip and palate and cleft lip, led the Authors to suggest the usefulness of first istance precocius correttive surgery in the immediate postnatal period. This correttive surgery not only allows the infant to be fed by natural vias, but it also facilitates the coordinated programming of successive final correttive surgeries by the plastic, the maxillofacial surgeons and the orthodontist.