AnalyzeDirect The Furlow Palatoplasty in Cleft Palate Repair
Cleft palate and cleft lip occur when a baby’s palate or lips don’t form properly during early pregnancy. These common birth defects take place if the tissue that makes up the roof of the mouth or the lip does not join completely before birth, leaving an opening. Nowadays, a series of reconstructive surgeries can correct…
Neural Networks in Utero: a Milestone in Fetal Development Timeline
The brain’s neural connectivity pattern is formed by structural links such as synapses or fiber pathways. Understanding brain connectivity is crucial to elucidating how neurons and neural networks process information and the establishment of these functional neural networks is one of the major stages of development of the human fetal brain. However, the developmental timetable…
Modeling the Cervix to Understand Cervical Shortening, a Pre-Term Birth Risk Factor
Women with a shortened cervix during pregnancy are at high risk for premature delivery; the shorter the cervix, the higher the risk. An estimated 500,000 births, 12% of all births annually in the US, are preterm and end in significant infant mortality and morbidity. Associated healthcare costs are a whopping $26 billion per year. Cervical…