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Cleft Palate Baby Girl
Cisse, a 15-month-old baby girl from Koutala in the South of Mali was born with a cleft palate. She had a cleft of her soft palate (Veau 1) which would result in poor speech. Her mother cared for her other three children and Cisse eventually overcame her difficulty with feeding, which is a common problem associated with cleft palates. She is now at the ideal age to undergo repair of palate as she develops her speech, so I repaired her cleft palate (Furlow double apposing Z-plasty) and was assisted by Dr Coulibaly. The local surgeons watched the procedure closely in order to learn and hopefully get further training to offer cleft palate repairs in Mali.
Cleft Palate Baby Girl
Cisse, a 15-month-old baby girl from Koutala in the South of Mali was born with a cleft palate. She had a cleft of her soft palate (Veau 1) which would result in poor speech. Her mother cared for her other three children and Cisse eventually overcame her difficulty with feeding, which is a common problem associated with cleft palates. She is now at the ideal age to undergo repair of palate as she develops her speech, so I repaired her cleft palate (Furlow double apposing Z-plasty) and was assisted by Dr Coulibaly. The local surgeons watched the procedure closely in order to learn and hopefully get further training to offer cleft palate repairs in Mali.