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Plastic Surgery International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 973240, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/973240
Research Article

Weight Gain in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate without Use of Palatal Plates

Renato da Silva Freitas,1 Andrey Bernardo Lopes-Grego,1 Helena Luiza Douat Dietrich,1 Natacha Regina de Moraes Cerchiari,1 Tabatha Nakakogue,1 Rita Tonocchi,1 Juarez Gabardo,1 Éder David Borges da Silva,1 and Antonio Jorge Forte2

1Center for Integral Assistance of Cleft Lip and Palate, Federal University of Paraná, Cuitiba, PR, Brazil
2School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

Received 2 August 2012; Accepted 13 November 2012

Academic Editor: Nivaldo Alonso

Copyright © 2012 Renato da Silva Freitas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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