Transverse Facial Cleft Repair Using Precise Location of Commissure

Peking Union Medical College Hospital9 enrolled

Overview

To compare the effect of redesigned transverse facial cleft treatment and traditional transverse facial cleft treatment.

Nine patients with transverse facial cleft were treated with redesigned repair using precise location of commissure. The main outcome measurement included scar, symmetry of the commissure. They were graded in five scores by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients. The results were compared with healthy controls.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Transverse Facial Cleft

Interventions

precise location of commissurePROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 MonthsMax age: 5 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of transverse facial cleft disease; * Must not received any lip surgeries before; * Such disease can be accompanied by external ear abnormalities, hypoplastic mandible, cleft lip and palate. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe general diseases; * Patients who had been treated with lip surgery; * Patients and/or his/her family didn't want to continue the clinical trial.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Scar of the repaired commissures

scar of the repaired commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Time frame: 6 to 12 months after surgery

symmetry of the commissures

symmetry of the commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Time frame: 6 to 12 months after surgery

Secondary Outcomes

scar of the repaired commissures

scar of the repaired commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Time frame: immediately after surgery

symmetry of the commissures

symmetry of the commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Time frame: immediately after surgery

scar of the repaired commissures

scar of the repaired commissure was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Time frame: 1 to 6 months after surgery

symmetry of the commissures

symmetry of the commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Time frame: 1 to 6 months after surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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