Factors Associated with Deterioration in Quality of Life of Subjects after Maxillofacial Fractures - A Prospective Study.

Introduction: Maxillofacial fractures (MFs) are quite common and are managed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Despite these interventions, a pre-traumatic facial profile is often not achieved with consequent social and psychologic consequences.

Materials And Methods: Patients with fractures to the middle and lower third of the face that presented within 48 hours and healthy controls (subjects without facial fracture) that were sex- and age-matched with the fracture patients were recruited into the study.

Midline cleft of the upper lip associated with a microform unilateral cleft and a proboscis-like structure: a case report.

A midline or median cleft lip is rare, and a midline cleft associated with a unilateral cleft and a proboscis-like structure is rarer still. We present a case managed at our center in which a 5-year-old male had a median cleft of the upper lip with an associated 'proboscis' and a microform unilateral cleft lip.

A comparative study of quality of life of patients with maxillofacial fracture and healthy controls at two tertiary healthcare institutions.

Objectives: Despite treatment, the pre-traumatic facial appearance of patients with maxillofacial fractures might not be able to be restored, and this difference can affect the person's quality of life (QoL). This study was designed to evaluate changes in QoL of people with maxillofacial fractures.

Materials And Methods: The study population was comprised of participants with maxillofacial fracture and age- and sex-matched healthy controls without history of such fracture.

Effect of Cleft Types on Outcome of Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair.

Introduction: It is generally assumed that the major phenotypes of unilateral cleft lip (UCL) represent its extent of severity. There are a few studies on this, but objectivity has been lacking. It was the aim of this study to assess the effect of different phenotypes of UCL on the outcome of surgical repair.

Unilateral cleft lip: evaluation and comparison of treatment outcome with two surgical techniques based on qualitative (subject/guardian and professional) assessment.

Objectives: The outcomes of the treatment of unilateral cleft lip can vary considerably due to variations in repair techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare treatment outcomes of surgical repair of unilateral cleft lip using either the Tennison-Randall or Millard technique based on (qualitative) parent/subject and professional assessments.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, controlled study conducted at Lagos University Teaching Hospital between January 2013 and July 2014.

Comparison of professional and laypeople evaluation of nasolabial esthetics following unilateral cleft lip repair.

Objectives: The objective is to know the extent of agreement of clinicians' perception of nasolabial esthetic compared to that of laypeople (parents).

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective study of comparison of clinician's perception of nasolabial esthetics with that of laypeople following surgical repair of UCL. Participants were recruited from the Cleft Clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, and surgical repair of the cleft was performed under general anesthesia.

Unilateral cleft lip repair: a comparison of treatment outcome with two surgical techniques using quantitative (anthropometry) assessment.

Objectives: The unilateral cleft lip (UCL) repair technique has evolved extensively over the past century into its modern form and has been identified as an important determinant of treatment outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare treatment outcomes following repair of UCL using either the Tennison-Randall (triangular) technique or the Millard rotation-advancement technique.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective randomized controlled study conducted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital between January 2013 and July 2014.