Cleft lip and Palate Surgery
Around 35,000 children are born every year in India with cleft lip and palate.
A cleft lip is a gap/depression seen in the lip of a child at birth. The Cleft palate is a gap seen in the palate at birth. Children may have difficulty in feeding, growth, and speech. These children will need several treatments & assessments as they grow up.
Ours is a specialist cleft team and centre which provides a complete range of treatments for these children.
It includes:
- Surgery
- Lip surgery – around 3 months age
- Palate surgery- 6 to 12 months age
- Additional surgery
- Alveolar bone graft: 8-12 years age
- Rhinoplasty: Improve nose shape
- Pharyngoplasty: Helps in improving speech
- Feeding help & advise
- Treating hearing problems
- Dental care
- Speech & language therapy.
