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Cleft lips and hole in the palate
My son is born in 8 months (pre term) He has cleft lips and a hole in the palate. He will get discharge from NICU in 2 days. How long shall I wait before his cleft surgery and whom shall I consult for operation? Shall I go for plastic surgery or only stitches will be fine. Will surgery in Surat or Mumbai will be better.
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Cleft lip and palate is treatable with stage wise treatment. Surat Vadodara Ahmedabad has good options as well. Maxillofacial Surgeon, plastic surgeon and ENT will help you out.
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Good evening sir
First of all Congratulations on baby boy
And cleft lip and palate can be treated with most advanced technology now a days
Usually we follow Rule of 10
10 pound of weight
10 week
10 grams of hemoglobin
You can consult your pedeatrisian they will guide you better since they will be checking the baby physically and advise what is best to new born
Stop worrying and enjoy the joining of new member to family, 😊
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Nothing to worry much as of now .baby's health is most important .
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visit an maxillofacial surgeon expert in doing cleft lip and palate
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consult regarding feeding ,time of operations ,speech or any other intervention needed.all the best
regards
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Dr. Vikram Pandit
Dentist
14 yrs exp
Pune
It will be great for the kid if you can start on Naso alveolar moulding(NAM). We are routinely doing it at our centre. It should start ideally at 2/3 weeks of age. First operation for lip repair is usually between 3-6 months of age.
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Consult a cleft lip and palate surgeon for the protocol
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Dr. Uma Nagarajan
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10 yrs exp
Delhi
Hi, you need to consult an oral surgeon along with your pediatrician. Apart from the treatment to fix the clefts, they will also guide you on feeding your baby which is the most crucial part at this stage. They will give you a proper protocol for the surgery after assessing your baby's requirement.
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