caa a22 4500 463210085 CHVBK 20180405153138.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00238-006-0089-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00238-006-0089-3 Cleft lip and palate treatment in Bangladesh [Elektronische Daten] [Amal Chandra Paul, Paul Spauwen, Cees Spronk, Rob Niemeijer] This study is a description of experiences concerning a plastic surgical health program in Faridpur, Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, plastic surgical help is almost non-existent particularly for the treatment of facial clefts and burn wound contractures. Since 2000, a team of plastic surgeons and one anesthesiologist from The Netherlands set up a health care program in the rural region of Faridpur, west of Dhaka. Apart from lip and palate closure, training of local doctors is definitely part of the program. An analysis was made related to criteria for selection of patients, types of clefts treated, and incentives for the future. In Asia, there is a high prevalence of clefts: two to three per thousand live births. It is estimated that possibly 300,000 people are waiting for correction of their clefts. In 4years, 255 patients were treated. Indications for operation are different from those in the western world; girls aged 18years are more important than babies because of their wish to get married with a repaired face. Up to now, five surgeons have been trained to perform operations in patients with clefts. In Bangladesh, there is a high need for correction of clefts for social as well as for functional reasons. Future actions should be directed to training of surgeons, development of specialized centers, and social as well as political commitments to health care programs. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Cleft lip and palate nationallicence Developing country nationallicence Dedicated anesthesiology nationallicence Chandra Paul Amal Faridpur City Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh aut Spauwen Paul 895 Department of Plastic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Reinier Postlaan 4, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut Spronk Cees Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands aut Niemeijer Rob Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands aut European Journal of Plastic Surgery Springer-Verlag 29/6(2007-02-01), 267-270 0930-343X 29:6<267 2007 29 238 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-006-0089-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-006-0089-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chandra Paul Amal Faridpur City Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spauwen Paul 895 Department of Plastic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Reinier Postlaan 4, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spronk Cees Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Niemeijer Rob Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Plastic Surgery Springer-Verlag 29/6(2007-02-01), 267-270 0930-343X 29:6<267 2007 29 238 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer