2002 Volume 27 Issue 3 Pages 333-338
We investigated the effects of cheiloplasty that was performed before 60 days after birth on the maxillofacial growth in infants with unilateral cleft lip (UCL) and unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). The subjects were divided into two groups: A and B; the cheiloplasty in group A was performed before 60 days after birth (37.4±14.2 days in UCL, and 32.5±11.9 days in UCLP), and that in Group B was performed after 61 days after birth (1 13.9±28.9 days in UCL, and 103.6±31.0 days in UCLP). The maxillofacial growth of the patie nts was evaluated using lateral cephalograms that were taken at age 7. There were no significant differences in the values of S-N, N-Palatal plane/S-N, N-Ans/S-N, Ans-Pns/S-N, ∠S⋅N Ans, ∠SNA, S-Pns/S-N, Cd-Gn/S-N, Cd-Go/S-N, ∠SNB, and gonial angle between the two grou ps. These results suggest that cheiloplasty that is performed before 60 days after birth has no disadvantage in terms of the resulting maxillofacial growth at age 7 of patients, compared with cheiloplasty that is performed after 61 days after the birth.
