BEFORE CLEFT PALATE REPAIR (left) and AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR (right) Although the cleft appears small in the picture on the right- the location of the cleft directly involves the muscles needed for speech; without the repair voice is hypernasal with some sounds impossible to make! The mother of the patient was counseled to return next year for speech therapy!
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| After ONE SIDED (Unilateral) Cleft Lip Repair! |
(BELOW)
Beautiful 11 year old with two-sided (bilateral) cleft lip! Although still much swelling after 1 week...amazing outcome for this sweet shy girl! We caught her smiling when we played a card game with her before surgery, but we hope to see her next year (when she feels better!) with a big, beautiful, well-healed smile! She still needs to have her cleft palate repaired!
(ABOVE)
Kent "AFTER" (to the left) what a life changing surgical repair for this young boy...He waited 12 years for a mission to do his surgery! We can't wait to see him next year! His mother was very happy to be there and finally have him receive surgery!
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