Fetal Cleft Lip/Palate Surgery: End of a Dream?. (3rd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ozturk, Sinan; Karagoz, Huseyin; Zor, Fatih; Inangil, Gökhan; Kara, Kemal
• Is Part Of: Fetal and pediatric pathology. Volume 35:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 277
• Page End: 281
• Publication Date: 2016-07-03
• Subjects: fetal surgery -- cleft lip/palate -- experimental; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; Pediatric pathology -- Periodicals; Fetal Diseases -- pathology -- Periodicals; Infant, Newborn, Diseases -- pathology -- Periodicals; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; 618.92007
• DOI: 10.3109/15513815.2016.1171422
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1551-3815

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recognition that a fetus can scarlessly heal in intrauterine life led to various animal studies in the mid 1980s exploring the possibility of fetal cleft lip/palate surgery. The idea of scarless cleft repair seemed like a possible dream after the promising results from the early animal studies. In this review, we analyze the progress made in the 30 years since our first experience with animal models.