A multicenter outcomes assessment of five-year-old patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.
A multicenter outcomes assessment of five-year-old patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.
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对五岁单侧唇腭裂患者的多中心结果评估。
DOI:
10.1597/04-093r.1
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发表时间:
2006
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通讯作者:
G. Semb
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作者:
W. Flinn;R. Long;G. Garattini;G. Semb
OBJECTIVE
Compare 5-year-old dental arch relationships of patients from three centers with differing primary protocols.
DESIGN
Retrospective study of treatment outcomes using blinded evaluation of dental study casts.
SETTING
Three major cleft-craniofacial centers; one (center A) is a free-standing institution, and two (centers B and C) are university hospitals.
PATIENTS
118 (A = 41; B = 33; C = 44) consecutively treated 5-year-old patients with complete, nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate.
INTERVENTIONS
Centers A and C completed primary repair without presurgical orthopedics by 18 months (center A in three surgeries and center C in two surgeries). Center B used passive presurgical orthopedics with lip/soft palate repair at 6 months and gingivo-alveoloplasty/hard palate repair at 18 to 36 months.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Averaged ratings of dental casts using the 5-year yardstick were computed for each patient. The Wilcoxon two-sample test was used to compare means; a chi-square test was used to compare distributions.
RESULTS
Intra- and interexaminer reliability tests showed excellent reliability (>.90). Mean scores were not significantly different. Distribution of scores differed significantly. Center A had the highest percentage of good scores and the lowest percentage of poor scores (72% versus 6.5%), followed by center B (63% versus 6.6%) and center C (59% versus 16.3%).
CONCLUSIONS
Centers A and B had comparable scores and completely different protocols in surgical technique, timing, sequencing, and nonuse/use of appliances. Center C's results were slightly lower than those of 1 and 3, but the center had the protocol with the least burden of treatment (only two surgeries, without use of appliances).
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发表时间:
2011
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作者:
Nishiura M;Yoshinaka M;Furuya-Yoshinaka M Isogai F;Maeda Y
通讯作者:
Maeda Y