Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 8 , Pages 879-882 , August 2008

Cleft lip and palate repair: the experience from two West African sub-regional centres

  • I.I. Onah

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Department, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Enugu, PMB 1294, Nigeria. Tel.: + 234(0)8032791048.
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  • K.O. Opara

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Department, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
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  • P.B. Olaitan

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Department, Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria
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  • I.S. Ogbonnaya

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery Department, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Received 24 September 2006 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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☆ Presented in part at the Nigerian Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons 10th Annual Conference and Scientific Session, Enugu, October 2004, and the 1st Pan African Congress on Cleft Lip and Palate, Ibadan, February 2006.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00321-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.06.002

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 8 , Pages 879-882 , August 2008

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