title: [Clinical analysis of surgical treatment of 568 cleft palate patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the outcomes of surgical treatment of 568 cleft palate patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  568 cleft palate patients of different age, gender were operated with the help of high-frequency electric knife. Iodoform gauze packing or absorbable hemostatic gauze was used on both sides of the relaxation incision. After surgery, the diet, temperature changes, wound healing and bleeding, postoperative cleft or perforation were observed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative infection was not found in all cases. 24 patients had fever, most of them used iodoform gauze packing on both sides of the relaxation incision, returned to normal diet in longer time. 8 patients developed bleeding and 13 had postoperative cleft or perforation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is suggested that intraoperative high-frequency electric knife can be used for cleft palate surgery to reduce the amount of bleeding,the use of absorbable hemostatic gauze is more helpful for wound healing and postoperative recovery.
authors: Department of Stomatology, ENT Division, the First People's Hospital of Yancheng City, Yancheng 224001, Jiangsu Province, China. yunlei78@sohu.com
authors: Chun-qing
authors: CQ
authors: Hua
authors: Hai-ru
authors: HR
authors: Li
authors: Jian-hua
authors: JH
authors: Ge
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014945:Wound Healing