Reconstructive

1256) What is the proper classification of the cleft palate presented? (See drawing below)

A. Bilateral complete cleft of the secondary palate.
B. Bilateral complete cleft of the primary and secondary palate
C. Bilateral incomplete cleft of the primary palate
D. Bilateral incomplete cleft of the secondary palate
E. Bilateral complete cleft of the primary and incomplete secondary palate







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1256) B    Bilateral complete cleft of the primary and secondary palate

Smith H.W.: Comprehensive Surgical Atlases in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Atlas of Cleft lip and Cleft palate surgery (K.J. Lee, editor-in-chief), 1983, pp. 131-142