title: The use of an independent panel to assess the long term results of cleft lip repair.
abstract: The importance of an accepted method of assessment of the long term results of unilateral cleft lip repair is recognised. A series of 20 children was assessed by two separate panels of judges, using standardised clinical follow up photographs, and their results compared. One of the panels made a second assessment of the 20 children. The method was tested statistically for intra- and inter-observer reliability and was found to be reproducible. Such a method may have a place in comparing the long term results of different surgical techniques of cleft lip repair.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*