The Use of Presurgical Lip-Alveolus-Nose Approximation in Early Infant Orthopedics: A Clinical Case Series.

Neda Najafimakhsoos, Rene Myers, Shelby Svientek, Cassendra Smola, Nathaniel H Robin, Kathlyn Kruger Powell, Chung How Kau

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Neda NajafimakhsoosDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40125 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-2376-7289

Rene MyersDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0663-8593

Shelby SvientekDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9441-9790

Cassendra SmolaDivision of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

Nathaniel H RobinDepartment of Genetics, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9995-547X

Kathlyn Kruger PowellDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5215-0308

Chung How KauDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA .ORCID 0000-0002-4606-9551

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Alveolar ProcessCleft LipCleft PalateNasoalveolar MoldingNosePreoperative CareFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLipMaleProspective Studiesbilateral cleftcleft lip and palateNAMnasal moldingnasal symmetrynasoalveolar moldingnasolabial morphologyPLANApresurgical cleft managementpresurgical infant orthopedicspresurgical lip–alveolus–nose approximationPSIOunilateral cleft

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PMID42654503

DOI10.3390/medicina62081605

PMCPMC13515703

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