läpp-, käk- och gomspalt
Also known as cheilopalatoschisis, Complete unilateral cleft palate with cleft lip (disorder), Unilateral complete cleft palate with cleft lip, Unilateral complete cleft palate with cleft lip (disorder), Unilateral incomplete cleft palate with cleft lip, Unilateral incomplete cleft palate with cleft lip (disorder), cleft palate with cleft lip, unilateral, complete,
Key facts
- Other names
- Hare-lip, cleft lip and palate
- Specialty
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery , Otorhinolaryngology , pediatrics
- Symptoms
- Opening in the upper lip that may extend into the nose or palate
- Complications
- Feeding problems, speech problems, hearing problems, frequent ear infections
- Usual onset
- Present at birth
- Causes
- Usually unknown
- Risk factors
- Smoking during pregnancy , diabetes , obesity , older mother , certain medications
- Treatment
- Surgery, speech therapy , dental care
- Prognosis
- Good (with treatment)
- Frequency
- 1.5 per 1000 births ( developed world )
- Deaths
- 3,800 (2017)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Läpp-, käk- och gomspalt, LKG, som förr kallades harmynthet, är en kategori av craniofaciala missbildningar, som både förekommer unilateralt (ensidigt) och bilateralt (dubbelsidigt). Det är vanligast med en vänstersidig spalt, men orsaken till detta är okänd.
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