Complete Cleft Care: Cleft and Velopharyngeal Insuffiency Treatment in Children

by Steven L. Goudy (Editor), Travis T. Tollefson (Editor)

Overview

Complete Cleft Care is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the assessment and treatment of patients suffering from cleft and velopharyngeal disorders. It covers multiple treatment modalities such as unilateral and bilateral cleft lip repair, secondary speech assessment and surgery, cleft rhinoplasty, gingivoperiosteoplasty, and alveolar bone grafting. The book includes videos, available online at Thieme's Media Center, that demonstrate specific techniques used in each treatment procedure.

Key Features:

• Full-color diagrams and clinical photos illustrate surgical approaches used to correct cleft deformities
• Accompanying videos help readers synthesize the step-by-step procedures described in the book
• Treatment algorithms to guide readers in choosing the best treatment option for each clinical problem

This book is an excellent how-to guide that otolaryngologists, facial plastic reconstructive surgeons, plastic surgeons, oral maxillofacial surgeons, and speech pathologists will read cover-to-cover and refer to whenever they need a refresher on how to tackle a particular cleft or velopharyngeal disorder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781638532569
Publisher:	Thieme Publishers New York
Publication date:	11/15/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	33 MB
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Genetics, Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, and Feeding
Chapter 2: Presurgical Treatment
Chapter 3: Mandibular Distraction
Chapter 4: Cleft Lip Repair: Unilateral
Chapter 5: Cleft Lip Repair: Bilateral
Chapter 6: Primary Cleft Rhinoplasty and Gingivoperiosteoplasty
Chapter 7: Cleft Palate Repair
Chapter 8: Adjunctive Methods in Cleft Palate Repair and Complications
Chapter 9: Alveolar Bone Grafting
Chapter 10: Cleft Rhinoplasty
Chapter 11: Speech/Resonance Evaluation
Chapter 12: Pharyngeal Flap Surgery
Chapter 13: Sphincter Pharyngoplasty
Chapter 14: Complications of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Surgery and Special Populations
Chapter 15: Humanitarian Missions

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Cedric Pritchett, MD (Lurie Children's Hospital)
Description: This is a broad and thorough view of the surgical management of the child with cleft lip/palate and associated velopharyngeal insufficiency. The website provides high-yield video descriptions of key procedures and operative techniques referenced in the book.
Purpose: The goal is to provide readers at all levels with a resource on the management of patients with cleft lip/palate. Acknowledging the existence of other reputable books on this subject, the authors state their desire to add to the discussion by using evidence-based medicine in their management approach and, where evidence is not available, noting the lack thereof.
Audience: The book is intended for learners at every level. It will be helpful for those of various disciplines, but particularly useful for clinicians involved in the surgical care of children with cleft lip/palate deformities. The authors are established and respected in their fields, and have enlisted seasoned clinicians to contribute.
Features: Care of the cleft patient is covered from all aspects, beginning with genetic origin and counseling. The authors take a chronological approach, providing a broad discussion on repair of the cleft itself, but move beyond this later in the book to address management of associated physical sequelae, including primary cleft rhinoplasty, alveolar bone grafting, and velopharyngeal insufficiency surgical options. They provide a particularly healthy discussion on the appropriate role for mandibular distraction, with video footage of the technique on the website.
Assessment: The authors provide a valuable resource for the management of children with a cleft lip/palate. It is well written and comprehensive in its review. The photography and illustrations are great. The sections in each chapter on evidence-based medicine are a fantastic addition, and a feature other titles should seek to emulate. The video illustrations on the website are an invaluable instructional resource.

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