Surgical management is multidisciplinary in nature. The aim is to remove the lesion before the deformity has time to greatly distort facial growth, which appears to realign itself after surgery.
The most suitable solution is a policy of prevention with folic acid treatment before and during pregnancy and following up adequate pregnancies 1).
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