Abstract
Since July 1986, cleft lip and palate patients have been treated at our clinic through a multidisciplinary, team approach, and it has been attempted to operate on patients as early as possible. The first review of patients visiting our center for the first 7 years since then has been reported. In the present study, patients from July 1993 to June 1998 were reviewed to compare with the previous review, considering the factors preventing early repair of cleft lip. As a result, the proportion of early repair of cleft lip, done within 90 days after birth, increased. In bilateral cleft lip cases, all of the patients not undergoing early repair had significant complications, while in unilateral cleft lip cases,44% of the patients not undergoing early repair had some complications. Milder cleft unilateral cases tended to be repaired later.
