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Patterns, Anatomy, and Classification of Clefts

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Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly and constitutes about 13% of all congenital anomalies. The CLP has wide range presentations and severity. Understanding the embryology and anatomy of the deformity is the key point for the treatment. This chapter aims to present the basis of anatomical distortions and highlight some important variations and discuss about its classification.

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  1. Plastic Surgery Unit, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

    Renato da Silva Freitas

  2. Assistance Center for Cleft Lip and Palate (CAIF), Hospital do Trabalhador, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Renato da Silva Freitas & Isis Juliane Guarezi Nasser

  3. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Carrie Zimmerman

  4. Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Fabiola Grigoletto Lupion

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da Silva Freitas, R., Nasser, I.J.G., Zimmerman, C., Lupion, F.G. (2021). Patterns, Anatomy, and Classification of Clefts. In: Swanson, J.W. (eds) Global Cleft Care in Low-Resource Settings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59105-2_5

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