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Palatonasal and Bucconasal Fistula Closure Surgery

Initial Presentation: The patient presented at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai with complaints of regurgitation of fluids from the oral cavity into the nose for a very long...

Prof S M Balaji at the First Live Surgery Symposium of the WPATH in New York City, USA

Prof S M Balaji attends WPATH Symposium at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Prof SM Balaji, a registered member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and an...

Outstanding Research Faculty Award by Careers360

The success for an experienced surgeon is to see that his knowledge, skills, experience and lifelong learning is being passed to next generation of young doctors. In pursuit of this, many doctors...

Successful Correction of Primary Incomplete Cleft Lip Defect

A 3-months-old baby girl from Delhi was brought to our hospital. The parents complained about her deformed lip, nose and requested to correct the same. They were worried about their baby girl’s...

Unilateral Cleft Lip Correction Surgery – Dr. SM Balaji, Maxillofacial Surgeon, India

Baby boy is born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate: This baby boy is the grandson of a famous merchant in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was born with a severe form of unilateral cleft lip and palate...

Medial Tarsorrhaphy of the eye for Ptosis

Prof SM Balaji plans ptosis surgery for the patient A patient is a young man who was unable to close his left eye due to ptosis. This was leading to continuous drying of the eye with the potential for...

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (Hypernasality) Nasal Speech Correction Surgery for Cleft Palate- Pharyngoplasty with positive suction test

Initial Presentation This young man from Yangon, Myanmar, had been born with a cleft lip and palate and had undergone cleft repair as an infant. He had subsequently developed velopharyngeal...

Prof SM Balaji receives the highest scientific award at the World Cleft and Craniofacial Congress, Germany

Prof SM Balaji has been honored with the highest scientific “ Prof David Precious Award ”. This was at the 12th World Cleft and Craniofacial Congress held in Leipzig, Germany. He is the first Indian...

Periapical Cyst Enucleation, retrograde filling with MTA and defect filling with Bio-Oss

Presence of periapical cyst The patient is a young man who presented at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Chennai, with pain in the upper left central incisor, which had previously undergone...

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