Current Concept in Cleft Surgery, 1st ed. 2022 Moving Toward Excellence of Outcome and Reducing the Burden of Care

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.

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

Chapter 1 Epidemiological Features in Cleft Lip and Palate

Chapter 2 The Burden of Orofacial Clefts: Global Trends and Focus on Underresourced Regions

Chapter 3 The Unmet Need for Primary Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery: Demand for Levering Surgical Cleft Care in Underresourced Settings

 Chapter 4 Treating Cleft-Related Deformities from Initial Diagnosis to Rehabilitation into Society at Maturity: Key Concepts of Burden of Cleft Care

Chapter 5 Longitudinal Life-Changing Concept Toward Reducing Cleft Stigmata, Dysfunction and Burden of Surgical Care

Chapter 6 Patient-Reported Outcome Measures as Driving Factors To Transform Surgical Cleft Care

Chapter 7 Leveraging Data Collection and Analysis To Optimize Outcomes in Surgical Cleft Care: Deciphering the Quality Improvement Puzzle

Chapter 8 Classifying the Wide Clinical Spectrum of Cleft Lip and Palate

Part II Surgical Cleft Care in the Growing Age

Chapter 9 Modern Unilateral Cleft Lip and Nasal Repair: Controversies from Presurgical Orthopedics to Surgical Techniques to Postoperative Care

Chapter 11 Modern Bilateral Cleft Lip and Nasal Repair: Controversial Features and Guiding Principles

Chapter 12 Current State of the Art in Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair with Primary Nasal Overcorrection: Lo’s Modified Noordhoff’s Procedure

Chapter 13 Modern Cleft Palate Repair: Controversies, Surgical Techniques, and Postoperative Care

Chapter 14 Comprehensive Appraisal of Outcome in Cleft Palate Repair

Chapter 15 Current State of the Art in Cleft Palate Repair: Technical Description and  Outcome of Lo’s Modified Furlow’s Double Opposing Z-Plasty Procedure

Chapter 17 Current State of the Art in Alveolar Cleft Reconstruction: Lo’s Modified Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting

Part III Surgical Cleft Care After Maturity

Chapter 18 Three-Dimensional Computer-Assisted Single-Splint Two-Jaw Cleft Orthognathic Surgery: Revisiting the Traditional Care

Chapter 19 Outcome of Three-Dimensional Computer-Assisted Single-Splint Two-Jaw Cleft Orthognathic Surgery

Chapter 20 Surgical Management of Oronasal Fistula after Primary Cleft Palate Repair: Condition-Specific Protocol and Outcome

Chapter 21 Treating Secondary Cleft Lip Deformity: Surgical Technique and Outcome

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 Pr

Offers the reader a focused and comprehensive guide planning and providing cleft care from infancy to maturity

Written in practical and effective manner

Pursues excellence of outcome with ever-reduction of burden of care