The future training of surgeons to manage patients with cleft lip and palate disorders

Adrian Drake-Lee1, Davinder Sandhu

  • 1The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London WC2A 3PE. adrakelee@aol.com

The development of the face and the upper lip occurs during the fifth to ninth week of pregnancy. A cleft is a separation or split in either the upper lip or palate and sometimes both. Cleft lip and palate can occur on its own (nonsyndromic) or is sometimes part of a wider series of birth defects (syndromic).

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