Fistula incidence after primary repair and correlation with cleft width-to-palatum width ratio: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is one of the most common birth defects and is certainly the most visible. Fistula rate after primary palatoplasty was ranging between 10 and 23% and could be detected in the first three weeks after surgery. The cleft width is the frequent factor which was assumed to correspond to fistula occurrence.

Maxillary growth of adult patients with unoperated cleft: answers to the debates.

Unlabelled: Maxillary growth of adult patients with unoperated cleft has long been studied, but results varied between different studies. The objectives of this study were to determine the growth potential of adult patients with unoperated clefts compared to the normal population and to differentiate the growth potential among types of clefts.

Methods: Subjects were from the same ethnic group, were more than 16 years of age with non-syndromic cleft and no associated anomalies.