title: Prevention of severe mucosecretory ear disease and its complications in patients with cleft lip and palate malformations.
abstract: Morphological and functional alterations in patients with cleft lip and palate act as predisposing factors in eustachian tube dysfunctions and as a result thereof in the occurrence of mucosecretory ear disease (MSED) and its complications. Development of MSED is the result of tube dysfunction and it consists of: (a) fluctuating conductive hearing loss, (b) swallowing alterations and (c) respiratory functional disorders. Once this syndrome is confirmed in children with clefts, action must be taken through a coordinated multidisciplinary approach with plastic surgery, odontology, and speech therapy to achieve morphological and functional reconstruction, thus allowing early middle ear ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sor María Ludovica, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jury
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team