Abstract
The clinical statistics of 232 patients with cleft lip and cleft palate hospitalized in our department from April 1,1981, to March 31,1982, was investigated. The data of these patients were compared with the data of 999 patients with the same symptoms hospitalized in our institute in the past five years.
The results revealed were as follows:
1. The ratio of patients with cleft lip and cleft palate admitted to our department constituted 61.7%of all our patients.
2. The ratio of patients 0 to 2 years old was 62.2%.
3 The mean body weight of the patients with these symptoms at birth, as compared with that of the controls, was lower in all the groups.
4 The description in the current s tandard at the time of the primary operation should be reinvestigated.
5. The ratio of patients who underwent primary operation, classified according to the type of cleft, was 30.5 % for cleft lip,51.8% for cleft lip and cleft palate, and 18.4% for cleft pal a te, respectively.
6. The surgical methods used for the primary operations were examind and readjusted.
