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S Bolund

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Craniofacial and occlusal characteristics in unilateral cleft lip and palate patients from four Scandinavian centres.

Craniofacial morphology and dental occlusion were studied at early school age in 15 consecutive patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate from each of four Scandinavian cleft centres. Treatment differed mainly in the techniques of palatal repair. Push-back closure of the palate particularly impaired maxillary development, which resulted in an increased incidence of crossbite and reduced intercanine distance when compared with patients who had been operated on by the von Langenbeck method or in whom the anterior palate had not yet been closed.

Cephalometry

Evaluation of unilateral cleft lip and palate treatment: long term results.

Fifty-seven consecutive complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients were followed longitudinally from birth to 21 years of age. All patients were operated with the same primary surgical procedures. Reevaluation at age 21 with respect to speech, dental condition, need for secondary surgery, and skeletal and soft tissue facial growth was completed. Speech results indicated that 13 patients (23 percent) had required a pharyngeal flap, and that at age 21 only one patient still had unacceptable speech. The majority of patients had slight speech disturbances related to articulation and voice quality. Fifty-one patients had acceptable occlusion following orthodontic treatment, twenty-two patients (39 percent) without need for prosthodontic treatment of the cleft area. Secondary surgery for correction of nasal deformities was required for fifty-two patients. Growth analysis demonstrated deficiency in growth; however, normal and acceptable profiles were obtained in 50/57 of the patients.

Adolescent

The effect of pulsed electromagnetic energy (Diapulse) on the survival of experimental skin flaps. A study on rats.

Experimental skin flaps in rats were treated with an active/non-active Diapulse unit in a double-blind trial to clarify whether or not pulsed electromagnetic energy had any effect on the surviving length of flaps. The observed differences in surviving flap areas between the Diapulse treated group and the untreated group as compared to the predicted survival by fluoresceine and/or vital capillary television microscopy were not statistically significant (p less than 0.10) in a set up, that on a significance level of 5%, would have detected an enhancement of flap survival of greater than or equal to 10% in 98% of trials.

Animals