An Assessment of Preoperative and Postoperative Nutritional Status in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate

An Assessment of Preoperative and Postoperative Nutritional Status in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate

Background: Children with cleft lip and palate generally suffer from inappropriate and inadequate feeding, resulting in insufficient weight gain leading to malnutrition and poor growth. We aimed to evaluate the nutritional and growth status of cleft lip and palate children before and after reconstru...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Khaleghnejad Tabari, Sayeh Hatefi, Leili Mohajerzadeh, Shaghayegh Hassas-Yeganeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2015-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Subjects:
cleft lip
cleft palate
feeding difficulties
feeding
growth
Online Access:https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/irjps/article/view/9874

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