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Cleft Surgery
- Premaxillary Setback With Posterior Vomerine Ostectomy and Complete Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair: Report of a Case With Challenging Anatomy (Hamdan et al., 2023)
- Enhanced Recovery After Cleft Lip Repair (Melhem et al., 2022)
- Secondary Cleft Nasolabial Deformities: A New Classification System for Evaluation and Surgical Revision (Sittah et al., 2018)
- Premaxillary Setback with Vomerine Ostectomy: One-Stage Repair of Complete Bilateral Cleft Lip Deformities with a Severely Protruding Premaxilla (Almas et al., 2018)
- Macrostomia: A Practical Guide for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Kobraei et al., 2016)
- Adult Cleft Lip Repair Under Local Anesthesia: An Effective Technique in Resource-Poor Settings (Eberlin et al., 2013)
- Combined Use of Infraorbital and External Nasal Nerve Blocks for Effective Perioperative Pain Control During and After Cleft Lip Repair with Primary Rhinoplasty (Salloum et al., 2009)
- Alar Base Flap and Suspending Suture (ABF-SS): A Strategy to Restore Symmetry to the Nasal Alar Contour in Primary Cleft Lip Rhinoplasty (Numa et al., 2006)
- Global Smile Foundation’s Cleft Surgical Outreach Program: Clinical and Economic Impact During the Past 14 Years (Younan et al., 2023)
Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshops
- The First Hybrid International Educational Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop (Kantar et al., 2022)
- Simulation-Based Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshops: A Reproducible Model for Sustainable Education (Kantar et al., 2020)
- Sustainable Cleft Care Through Education: The First Simulation-Based Comprehensive Workshop in the Middle East and North Africa Region (Kantar et al., 2019)
Global Surgical Outreach
- Global Smile Foundation’s Cleft Surgical Outreach Program: Clinical and Economic Impact During the Past 14 Years (Younan et al., 2023)
- International Cleft Surgery Educational Initiatives: Ethical Challenges and Solutions (Kantar et al., 2020)
- Promoting Sustainable Interdisciplinary Cleft Care: The Global Smile Foundation Model (Hamdan et al., 2020)
- Sustainable Cleft Care: A Comprehensive Model Based on the Global Smile Foundation Experience (Chahine et al., 2021)
- A Guide to Developing Safety Protocols for Craniofacial (Salehi et al., 2021)
- Effect of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Pandemics on Global Surgical Outreach (Azizzadeh et al., 2020)
- Clinical and Economic Impact of Global Smile Foundation’s Surgical Program (Kantar et al., 2020)
- World Cleft Coalition International Treatment Program Standards (Kassam et al., 2020)
- Foundation-Based Cleft Care in Developing Countries (Kantar et al., 2019)
- Use of Safety Measures, Including the Modified WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, During International Outreach Cleft Missions (Patel et al., 2014)
- Implementation of an Emergency Response Protocol for Overseas Surgical Outreach Initiatives (Vyas et al., 2013)
Augmented Reality & Simulation
- Simulation Use in Outreach Setting, A Novel Approach to Building Sustainability (Nader et al., 2022)
- Using Virtual Augmented Reality to Remotely Proctor Overseas Surgical Outreach: Building Long-Term International Capacity and Sustainability (Vyas et al., 2020)
- Three-Dimensional Printed Haptic Simulation Model to Teach Incomplete Cleft Palate (Cote et al., 2018)
Latest Publication
Now available online, the paper, “Pilot Evaluation of Silicone Surrogates for Oral Mucosa Simulation in Craniofacial Surgical Training,” authored by Mitchell Dennis Cin, Krishna Sai Koka, Justin Darragh, Zahra Nourmohammadi, Usama Hamdan, and David A. Zopf, details the collaborative efforts of Global Smile Foundation, the Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop, and the University of Michigan in developing and customizing simulation models. Access the article here.
Interdisciplinary Cleft Care: Global Perspectives
Packed with original color illustrations and videos, Interdisciplinary Cleft Care: Global Perspectives draws from the rich national and international relationships between Global Smile Foundation and world experts in cleft care to provide comprehensive, clear, and user-friendly content for all cleft care professionals.
This text is designed to be an inclusive resource that addresses the educational needs of all cleft care providers, from novice learners looking to develop their area’s first multidisciplinary cleft team to seasoned specialists looking to improve their outcomes.