by smbalaji | Jul 9, 2018 | Surgery, Video
World renowned surgeon for cleft lip and palate repair Dr SM Balaji is a world renowned expert on cleft lip and palate surgical correction. He has over 30 years of experience operating on cleft cases. Many cases of cleft repair done elsewhere, which have failed are...
by smbalaji | Apr 11, 2018 | Events, Surgery
A patient with velopharyngeal insufficiency presents to Dr SM Balaji The patient had been born with a cleft lip and palate. This had been set right as an infant. She later developed velopharyngeal incompetence. This is where there is escape of air through the nose...
by smbalaji | Mar 11, 2018 | Surgery
[vu_heading style=”1″ heading=”Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair” alignment=”left” custom_colors=”” class=””] A 3-month old baby girl born with wide unilateral cleft lip & palate was brought to our hospital by...
by smbalaji | Feb 23, 2018 | Surgery, Video
This young man had difficulty pronouncing certain words well and had a nasal twang to his voice. He had been born with a cleft lip and palate and had undergone repair as an infant. He had subsequently developed velopharyngeal incompetence, where there is escape of air...