Global Burden of Orofacial Clefts and the World Surgical Workforce

Massenburg B. B., Hopper R. A., Crowe C. S., Morrison S. D., Alonso N., Calis M., ...More

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, vol.148, no.4, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 148 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/prs.0000000000008334
  • Journal Name: PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, EMBASE, Gender Studies Database, MEDLINE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Orofacial clefts are one of the most common congenital anomalies, but this disease burden is unevenly distributed worldwide. The authors hypothesize that this burden falls disproportionately on the countries with the smallest surgical workforce or lowest Socio-Demographic Index, rather than those with the highest prevalence of disease.