A young child laying on the operating theatre table soon after an operation to repair a cleft lip.

Baby cleft palet operation. The operation is complete - the Z-plasty used to close the lip mucosa is structurally stronger than a straight suture.

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Keywords: -plasty, baby, child, cleft, endotracheal, ett, face, facial, lip, mouth, mucosa, operation, palate, palet, repair, surgery, tube