title: Current surgical techniques for cleft lip-palate in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
abstract: Cleft lip and palate (CL/P) are the most common congenital anomalies of the craniofacial region.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the surgical techniques used in CL/P treatment in a craniofacial deformities ward, in Minas Gerais.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this retrospective study, carried out between 2002 and 2007, we studied 109 individuals with non-syndromic CL/P submitted to treatment. The aspects analyzed (personal identification, classification of CL/P and surgical treatment performed) were obtained from patient charts, and then we built a database and ran statistical analyses through the SPSS 13.0 software. Followed by descriptive analysis of the surgical procedures depending on the type of CL/P found.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 109 patients, 65.1% were males and 34.8% females. We found that 45% of patients had cleft lip and palate, 37.6% cleft lip only and 17.4% cleft palate only. The surgical techniques employed were predominantly those from Millard and Spina for cheiloplasty, McComb for rhinoplasty and, Veau and Van Langenbeeck for palatoplasty.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study is the first to address treatment procedures for individuals with CL/P in the state of Minas Gerais. For unilateral CL/P we predominantly used the association of McComb, Veau and Millard techniques, respectively, for rhinoplasty, palatoplasty and cheiloplasty, in 76.9% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: State University of Campinas.
authors.forename: Lívia Maris Ribeiro
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Paranaíba
authors.forename: Hudson de
authors.initials: Hd
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Letízia Monteiro de
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: Daniella Reis Barbosa
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: Julian Dias
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Orsi Júnior
authors.forename: Hercílio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martelli Júnior
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult