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Plastic Surgery: Harelip and Cleft Palate

1951; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 245; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm195108022450505

1533-4406

Bradford Cannon, David B. Fisher, Henry C. Britton,

Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments

IT IS estimated that congenital clefts of the face occur once in 900 live births. This is the generally accepted factor in an area with a predominantly white population. Davis,1 in Baltimore, reported an incidence in the Negro population half as great as that in the white race (1:1788). In Wisconsin,2 where all congenital anomalies are recorded within thirty days after birth, the reported incidence is 1 in 770 births.¶ On the basis of these figures, it is calculated that approximately 270 babies with harelip or cleft palate or both are born annually in the six New England states. The . . .