Cleft Outcomes
The OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY specialists at Arkansas Children’s are skilled in the surgical management of congenital or acquired conditions of the head and neck area for children of any age. The multidisciplinary cleft team provides the highest standard of care for all cleft-related issues, including speech and hearing problems, and breathing issues.
Outcomes
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Cleft Lip and Palate Director
“I am proud of the quality of care and comprehensive nature of our team. And more than that, our team members have always been very unified and supportive of one another as they combine efforts to care for each individual patient. From our amazing coordinator to our specialists, including audiologists, dieticians, surgeons, dental and speech specialists, among many others, our unity and the quality of care that we provide as the Arkansas Children’s cleft lip and palate team brings me great joy. And I’ve witnessed our patients experience that joy.”
Larry Hartzell, M.D., FAAP
- Pediatric otolaryngologist and director of cleft lip and palate program at Arkansas Children’s - Benjamin and Milton Waner, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Professor of otolaryngology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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“By the Numbers” data for CY23, in line with the latest USNWR Survey, unless otherwise noted.
Buccal flap surgeries performed:
High-volume cleft lip and palate repair center Majority of patients’ primary repair cleft surgeries completed before age 2
14
Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)
1
Primary repair
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Springdale, Little Rock
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Gina Sacks, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Sagar T. Mehta, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)
Adam Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)
Larry Hartzell, M.D.
Clinical Leadership
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology
David L. Becton, M.D.
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Little Rock
Emergency Medicine, Hematology / Oncology
Lauren Elizabeth Appell, M.D
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100
Five-year cancer survival rate for patients 18 months or older at diagnosis with Stage L1 or COG stages I-II Neuroblastoma
100
Five-year cancer survival rate for patients (ages 2 to 9 at diagnosis) with acute lymphocytic leukemia
95
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Little Rock, Springdale
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)
Adam Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)
Larry Hartzell, M.D.
Five-year cancer survival rate for patients (ages 2 to 9 at diagnosis) with acute lymphocytic leukemia
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