Patients with cleft palate benefit from bone lengthening technique

The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery also reports on an unusual soccer injury and patients who are 'too frail for surgery' A technique called distraction osteogenesis can create increased length of the upper jaw in patients with cleft lip and palate deformities, reports a study in the March issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery , edited by ... (more)

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