Revision Cleft Surgery in Wichita

Whether you have difficulty with speech, trouble breathing through your nose, poor tooth alignment, or concerns about your appearance, we can help! Attend our clinic to undergo thorough multi-disciplinary evaluation by our specialists. Consultations are available for all patients with cleft lip and palate, including older children who’ve undergone repair at other centers and adults who have cleft-related concerns.

At the Kansas Cleft and Craniofacial Center, we are proud to have an ACPA-approved multidisciplinary clinic, where you can access the expertise of plastic surgery/craniofacial surgery, otolaryngology, oral surgery, orthodontics, speech therapy, audiology, dental hygiene, and social work, all in one visit! Attending such a clinic regularly is critical to optimizing your child’s outcome.

Review your concerns and goals. Discuss recommended treatments. You are encouraged to ask any and all questions that you might have. We welcome and are happy to address any questions before, during, or after your appointment. Our patient care coordinators are there for you and your child.

We will help you schedule other needed appointments and surgery. After surgery, we will walk you and your child through the recovery process and answer any and all questions along the way.

If surgery is needed, our specialists and anesthesiologists will visit with you on the day of surgery to answer any remaining questions. Immediately after surgery, we will come and let you know how your child’s surgery went. As soon as you child is in the recovery room, you will be allowed to visit and see him or her.

After the recuperation period, we continue to see your child in our multidisciplinary center, where we will monitor your child’s growth, speech, hearing, tooth development, and other critical milestones.

Make sure your child understands the reasons for treatment and the anticipated recovery process. We work very hard to educate our families and our children, in particular as they get older. We highly encourage children to be motivated to undergo treatment and be willing to undergo the recuperation period.

After the procedure, we will review instructions. Recovery can vary widely depending on the type of procedure done. Regardless, we will make sure you have a thorough, complete understanding of aftercare and answer all questions you might have.