Current Concept in Cleft Surgery

This book intends to cover cleft-related topics which are mainly focused on the current concept of balancing excellence in outcome and burden of cleft care. The wide spectrum of covered topics includes the understanding challenges and needs to deliver the modern surgical cleft care worldwide and comprehending multidisciplinary-based longitudinal life-changing concept.

The chapters are focused on professional-friendly technical descriptions from diagnosis to execution such as nasoalveolar molding, cleft lip repair, cleft palate repair, myringotomy tube insertion, primary and secondary rhinoplasties, oronasal fistula reconstruction, velopharyngeal insufficiency management, virtual-aided alveolar reconstruction, surgery-first approach in cleft orthognathic surgery, 3D computer-assisted orthognathic surgery, revisionary surgeries, and postoperative care.

Traditional and current principle-based methods are itemized into many algorithms and protocols to aid in diagnosing, planning, and selecting the best therapeutic approach in order to balance excellence in outcome and burden of care. Many surgical-, orthodontic-, speech-, and postoperative care-related technical examples, intraoperative photos, and full-colour illustrative drawings can guide the professionals working in multidisciplinary teams through each traditional and newer hybrid operative procedure in a detailed step-by-step fashion with emphasis on how to perform each procedure, rather than on theoretical-only descriptions.

This book provides time- and scientifically-tested treatment algorithms to guide multidisciplinary teams during decision making process for each clinical scenario of the longitudinal cleft care

Rafael Denadai is a Professor Lo-trained Brazilian board-certified plastic and craniofacial surgeon who offers specialist cleft-craniofacial and plastic surgical care in Brazil. Dr. Denadai’s clinical focus is on pediatric plastic surgery with special expertise in cleft lip and palate surgery, craniofacial surgery, management of velopharyngeal dysfunction, orthognathic surgery, rhinoplasty, and 3D medical imaging. Dr Denadai is passionate about using patient-focused, family-based, and data-driven elements to implement changes in surgical practice over the care cycle. Dr. Denadai is committed with a broad range of research pathways in the plastic and cleft-craniofacial fields, targeting the delivery of high-level surgical care. His research activities include meticulous and in-depth measurement of cleft-craniofacial deformities, computer-assisted craniofacial morphometrics, patient-reported and clinician-centered outcome assessments, identifying predictors of outcomes, perioperative care, patient-specific surgical planning and execution, and the decision-making process. He is international associate editor and member of reviewer board of many scientific journals in the fields of plastic surgery, pediatrics, outcome, and surgical education. He has published more than 230 peer-review scientific articles, authored several chapters of pediatric surgical textbooks, and a made dozens of scientific presentations on a full range of plastic and craniofacial surgery-related topics. He has received several awards from many organizations and societies.

 

Lun-Jou Lo is an internationally recognized board-certified plastic and craniofacial surgeon leader in aesthetic and plastic surgery, cleft lip/palate surgery, management of velopharyngeal dysfunction, craniomaxillofacial surgery, orthognathic surgery, facial contouring surgery, rhinoplasty, 3D medical imaging, surgical simulation, 3D printing, and outcome assessment. He is Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Director of the Image Lab and Craniofacial Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taiwan. Professor Lo is International Associate Editor of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Editor of Biomedical Journal, and Executive Editor of Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. He is the senior council member of Taiwan Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. He has published more than 250 peer-review scientific articles, authored several book chapters, and made dozens of presentations worldwide on a full range of plastic and cleft-craniofacial surgery-related topics. He trained many surgeons who are delivering plastic and cleft-craniofacial surgical care around the world. He has been invited by international societies and centers for lecturing and surgical demonstration. He has received honorable awards and honored professorship from many centers across the globe.