1 in 600 babies are born with cleft lips or palates across the world, and in low-to-middle-income countries, medical infrastructure can lead to a great number of patients with untreated cleft lips or palates. In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," discusses the overall impact of cleft care missions and clinics, and if they really help patients long term.
Read the April 2019 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Foundation-Based Cleft Care in Developing Countries" by Kantar, Cammarata, Rifkin, Diaz-Siso, Hamdan, and Flores.
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