ABSTRACT
The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of the Delaire surgical technique on the midfacial morphology in a group of subjects with a congenital unilateral cleft of lip and palate (UCLP), prior to orthodontic treatment. Thirty-five UCLP (15 left and 20 right) patients (16 males and 19 females, mean age 7.03+/-0.9 years; age range 8.7-5.0 years), treated for the correction of congenital malformation, were retrospectively selected. Analysis of midfacial growth was undertaken on lateral cephalograms, and the data were compared with reference values (Ricketts analysis). A Mann-Whitney ranked sum test was used to detect significant differences between the findings and reference values. P Subject(s)
Cleft Lip/surgery
, Cleft Palate/surgery
, Lip/surgery
, Maxillofacial Development/physiology
, Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods
, Rhinoplasty/methods
, Case-Control Studies
, Cephalometry/methods
, Child
, Child, Preschool
, Chin/pathology
, Cleft Lip/physiopathology
, Cleft Palate/physiopathology
, Female
, Humans
, Male
, Malocclusion, Angle Class I/pathology
, Mandible/growth & development
, Mandible/pathology
, Maxilla/growth & development
, Maxilla/pathology
, Nasal Bone/pathology
, Retrospective Studies
, Rotation
, Sella Turcica/pathology
, Skull Base/pathology
