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Cleft Palate Craniofac J
January 2025
Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, Dows Institute for Dental Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Objective: This study aims to estimate the geospatial distribution of cleft lip/palate (CL/P) cases in northwestern Nigeria and to estimate the prevalence and patterns of CL/P across wards.
Design: This retrospective study utilized information from health records for inpatients with CL/P. These data were analyzed via descriptive statistics.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
January 2025
Department of Social Research, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland.
Objective: The objective was to describe the lives of adolescents, who were born with cleft lip and palate (CL/P), in comparison to the general population as recorded in Growing up in Ireland (GUI), the national longitudinal study of children and youth.
Design: This was a cross-sectional study. The study was performed in a cleft center at a university teaching hospital.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
January 2025
San Diego State University/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA.
Objective: Craniofacial conditions (CFCs) can be associated with adverse effects on quality of life (QoL). However, few studies have examined perceived benefits related to CFCs. This study described perceived benefits in an international sample of children and adolescents with CFCs and their parents.
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January 2025
Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Background: Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial anomalies that include a variety of conditions affecting the lips and oral cavity. They remain a significant global public health challenge. Despite this, the quality of care for orofacial clefts has not been investigated at global and country levels.
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December 2024
Department of Surgical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Background: There still exists controversy about whether the healthy human middle ear mucosa is sterile or if it may harbor a diverse microbiome. Considering the delicacy of the human round window membrane (RWM), different mechanisms may exist for avoiding inner ear pathogen invasion causing sensorineural deafness. We re-analyzed archival human RWMs using light and transmission electron microscopy after decalcification to determine if bacteria are present in clinically normal human middle ears.
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