Retrospective Study on the Outcome of Cleft Palate Repair: Comparing US Surgical and Ethicon Suture Materials

University of California, Davis88 enrolled

Overview

Investigator initiated retrospective chart review to study the effects of changing suture material on the healing and outcome of cleft palate surgery were.

This study aims to show what the effects of changing suture material were on the healing and outcome of cleft palate surgery. The study will be considered successful if we find that either there is an effect on the healing after surgery, one of the suture materials seems to promote better healing and final outcome, or that there is no difference between the suture materials.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Cleft Palate

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 YearMax age: 10 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Cleft palate repair performed at UCDMC between 1/1996 and 6/2006 Exclusion Criteria: * Those who do not meet the inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, United States

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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