Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Craniofacial, cleft and paediatric plastic surgery
Cleft palate repair (palatoplasty)
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- PUS - perform under supervision (NMC); AS (NMC); perform independently (DrNB operative skills)
- Also called
- palatoplasty
Videos and resources
- VideoCleft Palate Repair: Furlow Palatoplasty Technique1:01
- VideoClosure of a cleft palate3:41
- +66 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Mark incision for cleft palate repair and dissect.” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 12)
“Assist and perform the key steps of cleft palate surgery” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 14)
“Cleft Lip repair, Cleft palate repair, alveolar bone grafting” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 21)