[Cleft palate and inflammatory diseases of the middle ear].
Based on a series of 57 children who were operated for velar clefts, the authors studied the different associated aspects of middle ear inflammatory pathology: physiopathology, occurrence, evolution, complications. Seromucous otitis was initially found in 87% of the cases. Three years after surgery, it persisted in 70% of the cases. These children should be monitored on a long-term basis for timely detection of any and all evolution towards chronic otitis or even cholesteatomas.
Duroux
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CHU Pellegrin Tripode, Service d'ORL Pr Traissac, Bordeaux, France.
Devars
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Patuano
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Bondonny
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Traissac
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D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications*
Division palatine et pathologie inflammatoire de l'oreille moyenne.