Volume 21, Number 3 & 4, September & December 2009
| | Synchronous Repair of Bilateral Cleft Lip in a Patient with Wolf-Hirschhorn (4p–) Syndrome |
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Yoshiko Watanabe, Fuminori Katou, Hideo Tanaka, Takehiro Oura, Kenji Hashimoto
Department of Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
Abstract
This report is of an infant with Wolf-Hirschhorn (4p–) syndrome, a disorder of multiple malformations that is characterised by delayed growth and development, and facial dysmorphism. The bilateral cleft lip was successfully repaired by synchronous repair surgery at age 1 year 5 months.
Key words: Anesthesia, general, Cleft lip, Infant, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009;21:127-128.
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