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AAP Grand Rounds 3:61-62 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

PLASTIC SURGERY

Prenatal Smoking Increases Risk of Cleft Lip/Palate

Source: Chung KC, Kowalski CP, Kim HM, et al. Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the risk of having a child with cleft lip/palate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000;105:485–491.

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Is maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy a risk factor for cleft lip and cleft palate? This controversial issue was studied by examining the records of 3,891,494 live births in the US Natality database in 1996 to determine if there was an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and having a child with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, ie, cleft lip/palate.1,2 Data were available from all states except California, Indiana, South Dakota, and New York (states that do not collect maternal smoking history). The 2,207 newborns with cleft lip/palate without other associated congenital anomalies . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Bruce Bauer, MD, FAAP1 and Cyndi Su, MD2
1 Plastic Surgery, Children’s Memorial Medical Center; Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
2 Plastic Surgery, University of Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL