Challenges for Cleft Care in the Developing and the Developed World

Management of Cleft Lip and Palate in the Developing World

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-36

  Sommerlad, Brian ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to care; Developing countries no tradition of multidisciplinary team working; Developing countries training young surgeons; Health care delivery systems facing challenges; Management of cleft lip and palate; Missions especially 'parachute missions'; Protocols and techniques evidence based and appropriate for situation; Social and psychological effects of having cleft

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350677757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988244.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

References (5)

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3. Shaw WC, Dahl E, Asher-McDade C, Brattstrom V, Mars M, McWilliam J, et al. (1992) 'A six centre international study of treatment outcomes in patients with clefts of the lip and palate: Parts 1-5', Cleft Palate Craniofac J 29: 393-418.
4. Sommerlad BC (2003) 'A technique for palate repair', Plast Reconstr Surg 112: 1542-8.
5. Wardill WEM (1937) 'Technique of operation for cleft lip and palate', Br J Surg 25: 97.