Does repairing a cleft lip neonatally have any effect on the longer-term attractiveness of the repair?

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 603-608

  Goodacre, Tim E E ^a   Hentges, Françoise ^b   Moss, Tony L H ^c   Short, Vicky ^b   Murray, Lynne ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Cleft lip and palate; Facial appearance; Neonatal lip repair; Surgical outcome assessment; Timing of surgery; Video recording

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; CLEFT LIP; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHOTOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 8644224761     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/03-028.1     Document Type: Article

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