Effect of prosthetic management and its timing on otological and audiological outcomes in infants with cleft lip and palate: A clinical trial.

Purpose: To evaluate how prosthetic management affects the otological and audiological state of infants with cleft lip and palate by preventing or treating otitis media (OM).

Materials And Methods: Thirty infants with cleft lip and palate (L/P) were assigned to three equal groups according to the age of prosthetic intervention; Group I: immediately after birth, Group II: 2 months old, Group III: 5 months old. Assessment of middle ear function by tympanometry and hearing quality by auditory brainstem response (ABR) under natural sleep was conducted before and after prosthetic treatment every month till 10 months of age.

Effect of prosthetic management of congenital cleft lip and palate on the middle ear function of infants: A clinical trial.

Statement Of Problem: Infants with a cleft palate often experience middle ear disease, a condition of great significance, and early prosthetic management of these infants is essential. However, any correlation between prosthetic palatal obturation and middle ear function is unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this clinical trial was to assess whether prosthetic palatal obturation with a feeding appliance prevented or improved middle ear problems in infants with a cleft lip and palate.

The feasibility of rib grafts in long span mandibular defects reconstruction: A long term follow up.

Aims: To evaluate the efficiency of reconstruction of long span mandibular defects using split rib bundle bone graft.

Materials And Methods: Six hundred patients with long span mandibular defects (more than 6 cm long), following resection of aggressive mandibular tumours, were reconstructed with split rib bundle bone graft technique. Immediate reconstruction was performed in all patients.

Feeding obturator as an airway adjunct during complete unilateral cleft palate repair.

Background And Aims: The palatal defect and abnormal dentition in cleft palate make mask ventilation and laryngoscopy difficult. This study aimed to assess the effect of feeding obturator on laryngeal view in unilateral complete cleft palate.

Methods: Ninety non-syndromic infants scheduled for the first stage correction of complete unilateral cleft palate were randomised to Group A (no feeding obturator) or Group B (obturator used for induction and intubation).

The Feasibility of Buccal Fat Pad Flap in Oral Reconstruction Based on Clinical Experience in a Governmental Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pedicled buccal fat pad flap for its applicability in the reconstruction of surgically created oral defects. We highlighted the technique of flap harvesting, its different applications, and limitations.

Design: Prospective analysis of patients with intraoral defects repaired by the buccal fat pad flap.