title: Facial growth evaluation of complete unilateral cleft lip and palate operated patients: a cleft reference center in Paraíba, Brazil, using the "GOSLON" yardstick.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the surgical outcomes of patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (CUCLP) operated on by a single surgeon of the cleft reference center of the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital at the Federal University of Paraiba.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-four individuals' dental casts diagnosed with CUCLP, born between 1995 and 2002, mean age of 11 years, were evaluated by three calibrated orthodontic specialists and scored by the Great Ormond Street, London and Oslo (GOSLON) yardstick on two occasions. The scores were compared with those observed in other centers around the world. The Kappa test was applied to evaluate the intra- and inter-examiner agreement. Descriptive statistics was applied for the GOSLON yardsticks core.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean GOSLON score was 2.75. For the GOSLON yardstick, 43.2 % of the sample presented scores 1 and 2, 31.8 % had score 3, and 25 % were with scores 4 and 5. There was very good intra- and inter-examiner Kappa agreement in the application of the GOSLON yardstick.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data suggest favorable outcomes, with 75 % of cases with no need of orthognathic surgery. The Kappa values confirmed the high reproducibility of the GOSLON yardstick.
authors.affiliation: Cleft Center, HULW, UFPB, João Pessoa, Brazil, rhelenawanderley@msn.com.
authors.forename: Rosa Helena Wanderley
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Lacerda
authors.forename: Terumi Okada
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Tânia Braga
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Paulo Germano Cavalcanti
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Lindalva Alves
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Andressa Feitosa Bezerra
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000254:growth & development; D008445:Maxillofacial Development / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome