A young child laying on the operating theatre table soon after an operation to repair a cleft lip.
Baby cleft palet operation. The surgeon examines the cleft using a pair of tissue forceps prior to surgery. A cleft lip is a congenital abnormality whereby the lip has failed to completely fuse at some point. The defect can range from a small furrow crossing over the upper border of the lip (vermillon) to a total separation of the lip all the way between the
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Keywords: abnormality, baby, child, cleft, congenital, endotracheal, face, facial, lip, operation, palate, palet, surger, surgery, tube
