Optimal Timing of Cleft Lip Repair: Correlation With Scar Formation and Revision Rates

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Saikrishna Gourishetti, MD, and Associate Editor Michael Brenner, MD, to discuss the investigation of whether performing cleft lip repair at an earlier age affects the likelihood of developing hypertrophic scarring, as outlined in the paper "Optimal Timing of Cleft Lip Repair: Correlation With Scar Formation and Revision Rates" which published in the March 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery . Click here to read the full article.

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Optimal Timing of Cleft Lip Repair: Correlation With Scar Formation and Revision Rates is an episode from SAGE Otolaryngology by Chris Harris.

This episode is 20:01 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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