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Correspondence and communication| Volume 65, ISSUE 9, e260-e261, September 2012

A mobile phone initiative to increase return for speech therapy follow-up after cleft palate surgery in the developing world

      Volunteering surgical teams have had success in performing cleft palate repairs in the developing world: however integrated, multidisciplinary post-operative follow-up remains absent.
      • Furr M.C.
      • Larkin E.
      • Blakeley R.
      • Albert T.W.
      • Tsugawa L.
      • Weber S.M.
      Extending multidisciplinary management of cleft palate to the developing world.
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