Timing rule for cleft lip repair
Rule of Tens
Confirms the baby is fit for anaesthesia before lip repair.
Modern practice often repairs at about 3 months, and the palate is repaired later.
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Rule of Tens. It helps you recall: Timing rule for cleft lip repair.
Age of the infant
Body weight
Haemoglobin
10 weeks: Age of the infant; 10 pounds: Body weight; 10 g/dL: Haemoglobin.
It belongs to Oral and maxillofacial surgery and facial fractures in Dentistry.
Modern practice often repairs at about 3 months, and the palate is repaired later.
Confirms the baby is fit for anaesthesia before lip repair.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Dentistry question about Oral and maxillofacial surgery and facial fractures.
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