Orofacial clefts and their influence on chosen anthropometric parameters of craniofacial part children at the age of eight.
The aim of this study was to choose and to measure craniofacial parameters that were expected to be influenced by cleft defects. Eight-year-old children (both boys and girls) with operated clefts (15 antropometric parameters) were measured. The measurements were carried out at the Department of Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital Ruzinov, Bratislava. The obtained parameters were compared to 4 types of clefts by means of modification t-test, and also with healthy population by means of normalization indices, on the base of which morphograms were performed. On the base of our results, we can say that the most significant deviations when compared with healthy population were found in children with the worst type of cleft, i.e. complete bilateral cleft.
Cvicelova
M
M
Institute of Anthropology, School of Nature Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. antropologia@fns.uniba.sk
Karabova
P
P
Fedeles
J
J
Molnarova
A
A
D000886:Anthropometry; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male