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Craniofacial Comparisons in 22-Month-Old Lip-Operated Children with Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Palate and Unilateral IncompleteCleft Lip

2000; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1597/1545-1569(2000)037 2.3.co;2

1545-1569

Nuno V. Hermann, B L Jensen, E. Dahl, S. Bolund, Sven Kreiborg,

Oral and Craniofacial Lesions

Abstract Objective: The objective of the study was to analyze the craniofacial morphology in infants with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate (UCCLP) in which the lip and the anterior part of the palate had been surgically closed at 2 months of age and to compare the morphology with that of a control group with unilateral incomplete cleft lip (UICL) in which the lip had also been surgically closed at 2 months of age. Design: The sample consisted of a total of 108 cleft children all fulfilling the entry criteria, besides diagnosis, as follows: The child was of Danish origin; the age of the child was between 650 and 750 days (approximately 22 months) at the time of examination; the child was healthy except for its single cleft malformation; the surgical procedure in each group had been performed at about 2 months of age by the same surgeon. The surgical methods used were a Tennison procedure (UICL group) and a Tennison procedure supplemented by palatovomer plasty (UCCLP group). Methods: The method of i...