During first three months of pregnancy there is failure of complete union of the two segment of lip resulting in variable extent of clefting of the Lip.
Cleft palate results in failure of fusion of the two palatine shelves. This failure may be confined to the soft palate alone or involve both hard and soft palate.
Prof. Muhammad Ashraf Ganatra is a well-known Plastic Surgeon, who has served as Professor of Plastic Surgery at Dow University of health Sciences for 30 years. He has a rich experience of Cleft surgery and has been ally to many international organizations including Smile Train and Operation Smile. He is actively involved in philanthropic work of Cleft Surgery.
At Al-Mustafa medical Center he had operated around 6000 cases in last 13 years. He is also involved in holding Cleft Missions (camps) in rural Sindh and operated more than 4000 cases in camp surgeries.
