For more information on cleft lip reconstruction, visit the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute.
To schedule an appointment with a St. Louis Children's Hospital plastic surgeon, please call 314-454-KIDS (5437) or 800-678-KIDS (5437).
Pre op photo at age 2 months of a child with a cleft lip. The post op photo is 5 months after reconstruction at St. Louis Children's Hospital Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute.
Child with a bilateral complete cleft lip and palate (left). 1 year after cleft lip and nose repair (right).
This baby boy was born with a wide left-sided cleft lip and palate. He underwent one surgery for repair of his cleft lip at 3 months of age as well as a cleft palate repair around age 1. His followup photo shows his appearance three years later.
(Left) Child with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. (Right) 5-year-old after bilateral cleft lip and nose repair.
Child with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Follow-up photo is at 2 years of age after nasoalveolar molding (NAM) and repair of lip and palate at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Child with a wide unilateral cleft lip and palate. Follow-up photo is after repair of his lip, nose and palate.
Child after unilateral cleft lip-nose repair.
Child with a bilateral asymmetric cleft lip and palate. Follow-up photo is after repair of his lip, nose and palate.
5 year-old after bilateral cleft lip and nose repair.
Child with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Follow-up photo is after repair of his lip and nose.
Child with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Follow-up photo is after repair of his lip and nose.
For more information on cleft lip reconstruction, visit the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute.
To schedule an appointment with a St. Louis Children's Hospital plastic surgeon, please call 314-454-KIDS (5437) or 800-678-KIDS (5437).
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