Liu Ren-kai, Wamalwa Peter, Lu Da-wei, Li Cheng-hao, Hu Hai-kun, Zou Shujuan
Department of Orthodontics, West China College of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Jul;22(4):1275-9. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821c6a96.
The purpose of the study was to provide quantitative information about the facial soft-tissue characteristics of operated unilateral complete cleft lip and palate (UCCLP) children compared with healthy children during mixed dentition.
Lateral cephalometric radiographs of 48 children with UCCLP who had been operated on before the age of 2 years were analyzed and compared with those of a control group of 60 healthy children with the same age, sex, and ethnic characteristics.
The children with operated UCCLP differed from the control group by having a more concave profile, flatter nasal tip, more retrognathic basis nasi, shorter upper lip, thicker upper and lower lip, reduced upper-lip projection, and increased lower-lip projection.
The facial soft-tissue morphology in operated UCCLP patients differed from normal controls of the same age, sex, and ethnic group. It may be necessary for children with UCCLP operated before 2 years of age to have some preventive treatment.
本研究的目的是提供有关单侧完全性唇腭裂（UCCLP）手术患儿在混合牙列期与健康儿童相比面部软组织特征的定量信息。
分析48例2岁前接受手术的UCCLP患儿的头颅侧位X线片，并与60例年龄、性别和种族特征相同的健康儿童对照组进行比较。
接受UCCLP手术的患儿与对照组相比，面部轮廓更凹陷，鼻尖更扁平，鼻根更后缩，上唇更短，上、下唇更厚，上唇突度减小，下唇突度增加。
接受UCCLP手术的患者面部软组织形态与同年龄、性别和种族组的正常对照不同。对于2岁前接受手术的UCCLP患儿，可能有必要进行一些预防性治疗。
