Management of Cleft Lip and Palate by A. Watson (Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh)
Contents:
- The Nature of Cleft Lip and Palate
- Embryology, incidence and aetiology
- Classification
- Anatomy and function
- Facial Growth
- Speech characteristics cleft condition
- Associated conditions and syndromes
- Management of the Infant and Young Child with a Cleft Lip and/or Palate
- Prenatal diagnosis-abnormalities of the fetal lip and palate
- Prenatal, perinatal and postnatal counselling
- The role of the paediatrician
- Early feeding management
- Presurgical orthopaedics
- Primary surgery and nursing care
- Speech development and early intervention
- Hearing and ENT management Management of the Older Child, Adolescent and Adult
- Speech assessment and therapy
- Assessment and surgical management of velopharyngeal function
- Secondary surgery of lip and nose deformities and palatal fistulae
- Orthodontics
- Alveolar bone grafting
- Orthognathic surgery Restorative dental treatment
- Growing up with a cleft: the impact on the child
- Role of parent support groups
- Choosing the best treatment for the child with a cleft