2. Preoperative assessment of the child with cleft lip and palate a) The presence of rhinorrhoea means surgery should be cancelled b) Bilateral cleft lip predicts difficult laryngoscopy c) Bilateral cleft lip predicts an increased risk of postoperative respiratory complications d) A history of apnoea during feeds may indicate chronic airway obstruction e) Sedative premedication is useful and pr...

Ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defects-cleft lip/palate (AEC) syndrome (or Hay-Wells syndrome) is a rare congenital malformation. Our first cases were a pair of female monozygotic twins with AEC syndrome at Srinagarind Hospital. In this study, we describe monozygotic female twins concordant for ankyloblephaon, ectodermal dysplasia and helical rim deformities, but discordant for cleft, syndactyly of...

REVIEW QUESTION/OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic review is to examine the impact of breastfeeding or bottle-feeding on surgical wound dehiscence after cleft lip repair in infants. BACKGROUND Immediately after cleft lip repair in infants, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding are generally restricted. Alternative feeding methods such as spoon-feeding are recommended to avoid placing tensi...

2. Preoperative assessment of the child with cleft lip and palate a. The presence of rhinorrhoea means surgery should be cancelled b. Bilateral cleft lip predicts difficult laryngoscopy c. Bilateral cleft lip predicts an increased risk of postoperative respiratory complications d. A history of apnoea during feeds may indicate chronic airway obstruction e. Sedative premedication is useful and pr...

Dental reconstruction in the cleft space is difficult in some patients with cleft lip and palate because of oronasal fistulas. Most of these patients receive a particle cancellous bone marrow (PCBM) graft to close the alveolar cleft, and secondary bone grafting is also required. Treatment options for the alveolar cleft including fixed or removable prostheses require the preparation of healthy t...

OBJECTIVE In patients with cleft lip and palate, the aims of this study were to generate objective measures of different attributes of lip movement and to explore the utility of these objective measures by examining the association between examiners' subjective assessments with the objective measures. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS Thirteen patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate with varyin...

BACKGROUND Socialized health systems face fiscal constraints due to a limited supply of resources and few reliable ways to control patient demand. Some form of prioritization must occur as to what services to offer and which programs to fund. A data-driven approach to decision making that incorporates outcomes, including safety and quality, in the setting of fiscal prudence is required. A value...

OBJECTIVE Cleft lip and palate (CLP) may cause functional limitations even after adequate surgical and non-surgical treatment, speech disorders being one of them. Interindividually, they vary a lot, showing typical articulation specifics such as nasal emission and shift of articulation and therefore a diminished intelligibility. Until now, an objective means to determine and quantify the intell...

OBJECTIVE To explore nasolabial movements in participants with repaired cleft lip and palate. DESIGN A parallel, three-group, nonrandomized clinical trial. SUBJECTS Group 1=31 participants with a cleft lip slated for revision surgery (revision), group 2=32 participants with a cleft lip who did not have surgery (nonrevision), and group 3=37 noncleft control participants. METHODS Three-dime...

non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (nscl/p) is one of the most common congenital abnormalities of the orofacial region with a multifactorial etiology. the present study aimed to investigate the association of two common polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr) gene (c.677c>t and c.1298a>c) with the occurrence of nscl/p in an iranian population.forty-five ns...