Height of the palatal vault after two different surgical procedures: study of the difference in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate.
The present study compared the height of the palatal vault in dental casts from 320 10-year-old children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) operated on with the push-back technique according to Wardill-Kilner (W-K) with patients operated on with delayed hard palate closure (DHPC). The palatal height in patients operated on with the DHPC technique was found to be significantly higher than in patients operated on with the W-K technique. This coincides with better maxillary growth and better speech in the DHPC group.
Plastic Surgery Department, Sohag University Hospital, Sohag, Egypt. bakrisherif@gmail.com
Sherif
S
Bakri
Sara
S
Rizell
Samia
S
Saied
Jan
J
Lilja
Hans
H
Mark
D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010159:Palate / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000473:pathology