Cleft Lip and Palate
Conditions
Keywords
cleft palate, Eustachian dysfunction, Obstructive ventilation
Brief summary
OBJECTIVE: To compare otologic and rhinologic outcomes in patients with cleft palate according to surgical protocols and type of cleft. DESIGN: Monocentric retrospective and prospective analysis of medical reports. PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: All consecutively treated patients affected by a cleft palate, born between December 2006 and December 2009 and followed in the Montpellier University Hospital, at the age of 10 years. INTERVENTIONS: Results of audiometry, tympanometry, otoscopy, tubomanometry and rhinomanometry and orofacial tomodensitometry done at the age of 10 were evaluated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The history of ventilation tubes inserted, and the results at the EDTQ test were analyzed.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
: * 10 yo children with operated clefts followed in the universitary hospital of Montpellier * who went to the ENT check up
Exclusion criteria
: * Thoses who skip the check up
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Audiometry | 1 day | evaluation of the hearing threshold |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nasal ventilation | 1 day | Nasal ventilation will be assessed with passive anterior rhinomanometry |
| Eustachian tube function | 1 day | Eustachian tube function will be assessed with tubomanometry |
| Facial 3D scan | 1 day | Facial 3D scan will be used to measure 2 criteria : * Total volum of the mastoid * Total volum of the mastoid's cells (pneumatization) Facial 3D scan will be used to measure 2 criteria : * Total volum of the mastoid * Total volum of the mastoid's cells (pneumatization) Facial 3D scan will be used to measure 2 criteria : * Total volum of the mastoid * Total volum of the mastoid's cells (pneumatization) |
Countries
France