Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery News

Review a timeline of common cleft lip/palate procedures and typical age of treatment, from birth to adolescence.

One of the most important advances in the care of cleft lip and palate in the last 30 years is nasoalveolar molding (NAM).

Because the face and oral structures change as a child grows, the interdisciplinary team in our Cleft Lip and Palate Program follows children from before birth through adolescence. 

Coordinators in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and the Plastic Surgery nurse coordinator at CHOP partner to address many of the fears associated with this prenatal finding, and prepare families for caring for their child after delivery.

Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is the most common craniofacial anomaly detected on routine prenatal screening ultrasound. At CHOP, prenatal assessment of facial clefts is done in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.

The last several decades have seen remarkable progress in the care of children born with cleft lip and palate.

See how the conjoined twins separated at CHOP in 2017 are thriving, thanks for the meticulous planning of their surgical team at CHOP.

Patients from the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery treated to spa day at local salon.

Surgical team reports on the dramatic case in New England Journal of Medicine is gaining worldwide attention.

CHOP researchers report on the Delaney twins one year after surgery, and on the innovative devices and elaborate teamwork needed to separate the formerly conjoined twins.