A clinical analysis of 279 patients with submucous cleft palate

doi:10.19438/j.cjoms.2021.05.015

Abstract

Abstract: PURPOSE: To analyze the data collected from medical records for 279 submucous cleft palate patients which included age of operation, reasons for admitting into hospital and accompanied diseases. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on 279 patients receiving treatment for submucous cleft palate from 2013.01.01 to 2020.12.31 in Peking University Hospital of Stomatology. The following items from medical records were collected: age of operation, reasons for admitting into hospital and the types of accompanied diseases (cleft lip, well-known syndromes, chromosomal diseases, hearing impairment and intelligence retardation). The reasons for admitting into the hospital were divided into three types: speech problem, morphological abnormality on hard and/or soft palate, and others. RESULTS: The average age of operation on submucous cleft palate patients in this cohort was 5 years and 5 months and the median age was 4 years and 2 months old. Age range was from 6 months to 35 years and 2 months. Cleft lip occurred in 34(12.2%) patients, and 15 (5.4%) patients suffered from well-known syndromes. Regarding to the reasons for admitting into hospital, 194(69.5%) patients were due to unclear speech. Morphological abnormality of hard and/or soft palate occurred in 52(18.6%) and 33 (11.9%) patients were due to other reasons for medical treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The operation age of patients with submucous cleft palate was significantly later than cleft palate patients. Patients with cleft lip accounted for more than half of patients with accompanied diseases. More than half of patients with submucous cleft palate admitted into hospital were due to speech problems.

Key words: Submucous cleft palate, Age of operation, Primary complaint, Epidemiology

CLC Number:

R782.2

DU Chang-jiang, ZHOU Xia, MA Lian. A clinical analysis of 279 patients with submucous cleft palate[J]. China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2021, 19(5): 464-468.

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