Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses cleft lip and palate, which has an incidence of around one in 600 births.
Surgical interventions immediately after birth can significantly impact outcomes later on.
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