Department of Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery, Khaula Hospital.
Mohammad Orthodontic Center.
J Craniofac Surg. 2022;33(2):e171-e173. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008235.
Cleft lip and/or palate are one of the most common birth defects around the world. This cross sectional study aimed to study characteristic of cleft lip and plate cases attended Khaula Hospital Cleft Center.
The data were collected from Plastic Surgery Department of Khaula Hospital Muscat, Oman, between years 2010 and 2019. Data was collected using a form that included demographic distribution of patients, gender, age, birth weight, region, age when first attended hospital, associated congenital anomalies and syndromes, type of delivery, mother consumption of Folic Acid, types of cleft lip/palate, and surgeries done.
During 9 years period the total number of recorded patients having cleft Lip/Palate was 1899. 43.7% of cases had CLP, 36% had CP, 20.3% had complete fissuring of the lip. Sixty-eight percent of the children were between 0 and 3 months of age when they first attended Hospital. 6.2% of children had siblings with orofacial clefts. Congenital malformations associated with CL/P or syndromic cleft were seen in 31.1% of cases. 86.8% of children got operated at Hospital and most common types of surgeries were lip and palate repair. Twenty-three percent of patients had undergone orthodontic treatment, 49.3% of patients had speech therapy, 32.5% referred for ENT consultation, and 20.5% of patients got grommet inserted.
Prevalence of CL/P in Oman is 2.6 in 1000 live births. Two main possible reasons contributing to the increase seen in this prevalence can be increase in the number of live births in Oman and parent's education toward cleft treatment that led more patients attending hospital for treatment.
研究在卡瓦拉医院腭裂中心就诊的唇裂和/或腭裂患者的特征。
数据来自阿曼马斯喀特的卡瓦拉医院整形外科，收集时间为 2010 年至 2019 年。数据收集采用表格形式，包括患者的人口统计学分布、性别、年龄、出生体重、地区、首次就诊年龄、相关先天性异常和综合征、分娩方式、母亲叶酸摄入、唇裂/腭裂类型以及所做的手术。
在 9 年期间，记录的唇裂/腭裂患者总数为 1899 例。43.7%的病例为完全性唇裂腭裂，36%的病例为单纯腭裂，20.3%的病例为完全唇裂。68%的患儿首次就诊时年龄在 0 至 3 个月之间。6.2%的患儿有唇腭裂或综合征性唇腭裂的兄弟姐妹。31.1%的病例存在与 CL/P 相关的先天性畸形。86.8%的患儿在医院接受手术，最常见的手术类型是唇裂和腭裂修复。23%的患者接受了正畸治疗，49.3%的患者接受了言语治疗，32.5%的患者接受了耳鼻喉科咨询，20.5%的患者接受了鼓膜置管。
阿曼的 CL/P 患病率为每 1000 例活产 2.6 例。导致这一患病率上升的两个主要原因可能是阿曼活产人数增加和家长对唇裂治疗的重视，导致更多患者到医院接受治疗。
