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Cleft Palate Repair Post-Operative Patient Instructions Feeding Your child’s palate is repaired with dissolving stitches but the repair is delicate for two months after surgery For the repair to heal well, your child should not put anything hard in his her mouth Try to avoid giving your child a pacifier or bottle This may damage the stitches
Cleft Palate Repair: Instructions After Surgery The roof of your child’s mouth (the palate) is still healing and should be protected from injury for about 3 weeks after surgery There may be less feeling in this area for a while after the surgery This means that your child can injure the roof of the mouth without you or your child knowing it Put hard objects away, or keep them out of your child’s reach while the palate is healing
Cleft Lip Repair Post-Operative Instructions reach the Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Office or contact Kim Seifert RN, cleft clinic nurse coordinator at kseifert@jhmi edu If you have questions or concerns after regular business hours, please call 410-955-5000 and ask for the Plastic Surgery resident on call to be paged The resident can always get in touch with your surgeon
Recovery from Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Repair Plastic Surgery Parents generally request the specific “care path” for their child so that expectations for cleft lip and cleft palate repair plastic surgery can be defined These treatment protocols vary between centers and among surgeons; there is no absolute right or wrong Nevertheless, we believe that any protocol should deliver a clear vision of care from infancy to adulthood For information
Title should be centered HERE in 22-26 point Verdana • You may notice some swelling around your child’s mouth, lips and eyes, as well as some dried blood or oozing where the cleft lip was repaired The swelling may look worse on the day after the surgery but it will go down over the next weeks
Postoperative Management of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Postoperative care of cleft lip and palate surgery is largely underdiscussed and a set of xed guidelines fi will help the treating surgeon to provide the most comprehensive care to the cleft patients The authors review the practices followed at their hospitals a high volume cleft —
Cleft Lip Surgery Instructions - Pediatric Cleft and . . . Cleft lip is one of the most common and one of the most correctable birth defects Surgery is required to close the gap in the upper lip Our skilled plastic surgeon and the surgical team at Golisano Children's Hospital will do its best to ensure your child's comfort and safety, as well as your peace of mind during the procedure Often, it helps to know what to expect following surgery
Cleft Lip Repair Post-Operative Instructions - Wicha Lab After cleft lip surgery there will be sutures (stitches) in your child's lip The amount of stitches in the incision line will depend on the extent of the initial deformity and the technique used by the surgeon for closure The area will be pink around the stitches and slightly swollen To protect the lip from the child rubbing or pulling on the area, the surgeon may order restraints (no-no