Nasoalveolar Molding

Preferred Label : Nasoalveolar Molding;

MeSH definition : A presurgical facial orthotic treatment for patients with bilateral and unilateral CLEFT LIP and CLEFT PALATE. The treatment uses NASOALVEOLAR MOLDING DEVICES designed to reduce the cleft gap, reposition the alveolar segments to improve nasal symmetry, shaping and lessening the severity of the cleft deformity before primary palatoplasty, cheiloplasty, and RHINOPLASTY.;

MeSH synonym : Molding, Nasoalveolar; Nasal Alveolar Molding; Molding, Nasal Alveolar; NAM Therapy; NAM Therapies; Therapies, NAM; Therapy, NAM;

CISMeF acronym : NAM;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam;

Details

Origin ID

D000084982;

UMLS CUI

C5392124;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Congenital myopathy 13 [OMIM Phenotype]
- Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy [ORDO Disease]
- Namibia [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- Nasoalveolar Molding [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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