Plastic and reconstructive surgery in Uganda – 10 years experience

We describe our experience of working in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Uganda over the last 10 years. There is a high burden of disease, a health system that is under resourced, and few qualified physicians to provide healthcare for a principally rural population. Training the physicians of the future is essential. Prevention and early wound management needs to be emphasized for traumatic injuries including burns. Subsidized up-country visits by trained specialists with the appropriate equipment are required to provide a service for the rural poor. There appears to be a high mortality rate in babies with unrepaired cleft palate, probably due to feeding difficulties in an environment where intercurrent illness is common. We now offer nutritional support with early combined cleft lip and palate repair in these babies, a practice that has a high success rate and may be suited to other specialist units in the developing world.     

Speech Outcome after Cleft Palate Surgery with the G teborg Regimen Including Delayed Hard Palate Closure

The regimen for treatment of children with cleft lip and palate in Göteborg, Sweden, until 1996 included early soft palate repair at 6-8 months of age and delayed closure of the hard palate at about 8 years of age to improve maxillary growth. The aims of this report were to describe the treatment concept and to present speech data of 59 children treated by this method. The speech of 38 children with unilateral and 21 with bilateral cleft lip and palate was evaluated perceptually from standardised tape recordings of repeated sentences and spontaneous speech at five ages from 3 to 16 years of age. All patients were not evaluated at each age level. The results showed a low prevalence of hypernasality after hard palate closure and pharyngeal flap surgery in only five children (8%), indicating a primary velopharyngeal insufficiency in less than 10% of the children. Only three children with bilateral clefts had glottal articulation when at pre-school age and no child with a unilateral cleft did. These results were interpreted as an indication of velopharyngeal competence (VPC) in most of the children. In addition, the speech problem found in these children consisted of retracted oral articulation of alveo-dental pressure plosives, which is almost always an indicator of VPC. However, we do consider that retracted oral articulation is a problem and to improve our results further we have decided to modify the technique for soft palate closure slightly and place the vomer flap further anteriorly to encourage narrowing of the cleft in the hard palate, and to close the hard palate at 3 years of age.     

腭裂手术治疗现状和进展

先天性腭裂是口腔颌面部发育畸形中最为常见的疾病之一,腭裂修复手术仍是目前治疗该疾病的唯一有效方法。为了使患者获得良好的语音功能,形成了众多修复手术方法,本文将对近年来腭裂手术治疗现状和进展进行综述。     

单侧完全性唇腭裂患者术前鼻牙槽骨整形的回顾性研究

目的：对接受术前鼻牙槽骨整形的单侧完全性唇腭裂患者进行回顾性研究,指导唇腭裂的术前非手术治疗。方法本研究回顾性分析了58例接受术前鼻牙槽骨整形的单侧唇腭裂患者,对正畸后未发生齿槽偏移和正畸后发生齿槽偏移的患者进行相关变量测量,并对测量结果进行统计学分析。结果本研究纳入的58例唇腭裂患者,有4例患者发生正畸后齿槽舌侧偏移,其余的54例患者正畸后未发生齿槽偏移。两组患者的前方齿槽裂隙宽度在矢状方向和垂直方向（PP’-Y、PP’-Z）存在显著差异,健侧齿槽前方与齿槽后方水平方向之间的夹角（∠PTT’）也存在统计学差异。结论单侧完全性唇腭裂患者在正畸前可能潜在齿槽偏移畸形,与前方齿槽在矢状和垂直方向裂隙畸形宽度,及健侧齿槽前方成角角度相关。无齿槽偏移患者可以直接使用矫治器缩窄裂隙宽度,而对于正畸后可能发生齿槽舌侧偏移的患者,需先矫正偏移畸形再缩小裂隙宽度。     

右美托咪定用于小儿唇腭裂手术麻醉的临床观察

目的 探讨右美托咪定用于小儿唇腭裂手术麻醉中的临床效果,为小儿唇腭裂手术麻醉安全用药提供依据.方法 先天性唇腭裂修复术患儿40例,随机分为右美托咪定组(D组)和对照组(C组).两组患儿均采用紧闭面罩8％七氟烷吸入麻醉诱导,D组同时静脉泵注右美托咪定1 μg/kg,C组给予同等容量生理盐水,均于10 min给完.两组患儿均采用气管插管静吸复合全身麻醉方法,术中维持C组采用异丙酚-七氟烷复合麻醉;D组采用右美托咪定-异丙酚-七氟烷复合麻醉,观察并记录不同时点患儿心率、平均动脉压、脉搏血氧饱和度、呼气末二氧化碳分压并进行躁动评分,记录两组呼吸抑制及躁动发生率.结果 两组患儿的手术时间、麻醉时间及苏醒时间差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05).D组患儿在气管插管即刻(T2)、术中20 min(T3)、术毕(T4)及拔管(T5)时平均动脉压和心率均明显低于C组(P＜0.05).D组躁动发生率为11.1％,明显低于C组36.4％(P＜0.05).D组无一例发生呼吸抑制.结论 右美托咪定用于小儿唇腭裂修复术安全有效,术中血流动力学平稳,术后恢复期安静、舒适,能够减少围术期并发症的发生.     

改良Millard法修复单侧Ⅲ度唇裂的临床研究

目的评价改良Millard法修复单侧Ⅲ度唇裂的效果. 方法采用改良的MillardⅡ术式(即MillardⅡ加沟状线上方的微小三角瓣法),对135例单侧Ⅲ度唇裂患者行修复整形. 结果全部患者均获随访,时间6月～2年.双侧唇高一致,唇弓饱满,红唇圆滑,外形好. 结论改良Millard术式可修复严重的Ⅲ度单侧唇裂患者.     

Psychosocial Adjustment in Norwegian Adults who Had Undergone Standardised Treatment of Complete Cleft Lip and Palate II. Self-reported problems and concerns with appearance

Aspects of social and psychological adjustment were investigated in a sample of 233 Norwegian adults 20–35 years old with repaired complete cleft lip and palate (CLP); in 126 the cleft was on the left, in 45 on the right, and in 62 it was bilateral. All subjects received a standardised regimen of care from the Oslo cleft palate team. The study, based on response to a questionnaire, partly copied a national survey of social and economic life in the Norwegian population. Adults with complete clefts were compared with a large control sample of the same age. The purpose of this paper is to describe the occurrence of common psychological problems among subjects with CLP. Anxiety, depression, and palpitations were reported about twice as often by subjects with CLP compared with controls, and these psychological problems were strongly associated with concerns about appearance, dentition, speech, and desire for further treatment. These findings suggest that there is an impaired level of psychological wellbeing among subgroups of subjects with clefts.     

Incidence of cleft Lip and palate in the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India

Objective:

To assess the incidence of cleft lip and palate defects in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Design Setting:

The study was conducted in 2001 in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The state has a population of 76 million. Three districts, Cuddapah, Medak and Krishna, were identified for this study owing to their diversity. They were urban, semi-urban and rural, respectively. Literacy rates and consanguinity of the parents was elicited and was compared to national averages to find correlations to cleft births. Type and side of cleft were recorded to compare with other studies around the world and other parts of India.

Results:

The birth rate of clefts was found to be 1.09 for every 1000 live births. This study found that 65% of the children born with clefts were males. The distribution of the type of cleft showed 33% had CL, 64% had CLP, 2% had CP and 1% had rare craniofacial clefts. Unilateral cleft lips were found in 79% of the patients. Of the unilateral cleft lips 64% were left sided. There was a significant correlation of children with clefts being born to parents who shared a consanguineous relationship and those who were illiterate with the odds ratio between 5.25 and 7.21 for consanguinity and between 1.55 and 5.85 for illiteracy, respectively.

Conclusion:

The birth rate of clefts was found to be comparable with other Asian studies, but lower than found in other studies in Caucasian populations and higher than in African populations. The incidence was found to be similar to other studies done in other parts of India. The distribution over the various types of cleft was comparable to that found in other studies.     

米库氯铵与顺苯磺酸阿曲库铵在婴幼儿唇腭裂手术中的应用比较

目的观察和比较米库氯铵和顺苯磺酸阿曲库铵用于婴幼儿唇腭裂手术中的肌松效应和安全性。方法 2012年9月至2013年9月择期行唇腭裂手术治疗的患儿60例,年龄6个月至3岁,随机分为两组,每组30例。两组均给予咪达唑仑0.1mg/kg、丙泊酚2mg/kg、瑞芬太尼1μg/kg及米库氯铵0.2mg/kg(M组)或顺苯磺酸阿曲库铵0.15mg/kg(C组)行麻醉诱导后气管插管。采用TOF-Guard加速度肌松监测仪连续监测尺神经四个成串刺激(TOF)。观察并记录肌松起效时间、临床作用时间和恢复指数,进行插管评级并观察不良反应情况。结果两组的插管条件评级差异无统计学意义。M组肌松起效时间、肌松临床作用时间以及恢复指数明显短于C组(P0.05);M组不良反应发生率明显低于C组(P0.05)。结论米库氯铵用于婴幼儿唇腭裂手术时起效快、肌松效应时间短,恢复较快。     

A Multicentre Comparison of Treatment Regimens for Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Using a Multiple Regression Model

Abstract

The European Cleft Lip and Palate Research Group consists of specialists in orthodontics from six centres for the treatment of cleft palate in northern Europe. The purpose of this part of the multicentre study was to investigate whether differences in outcomes could be explained by specific treatment regimens. Three regimens that were assumed to influence the outcome of treatment were selected: Presurgical orthopaedics, closure of the palate, and primary bone grafting. The sample comprised 151 children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate from the six centres. The result of multiple regression analysis showed that within that sample it was not possible to reach definite conclusions as to which factors exerted the most favourable influence on facial growth, but primary bone grafting was associated with reduced maxillary inclination and presurgical orthopedics with increased mandibular inclination.     

唇腭裂1386例发病特点回顾性分析

目的：通过对唇腭裂患者临床资料进行回顾性统计分析,研究该病的发病特点,为唇腭裂的预防及治疗提供临床参考。方法：统计分析2007年1月～2010年1月手术治疗的1386例唇腭裂患者,分别从患者诊断、性别、年龄、出生地,唇腭裂裂型分布情况等方面进行回顾性调查。结果：本组病例中,单纯唇裂356例（25．69％）,唇裂合并腭裂580例（41．84％）,单纯腭裂450例（32．47％）;男809例,女577例,男：女=1．40：1;单侧唇裂伴或不伴腭裂明显多于双侧者,两者之比为5．67：1,其中左侧多于右侧（1．82：1）。结论：唇腭裂发病以唇裂合并腭裂居多,男性发病多于女性,在腭裂患者中女性发病高于男性;单侧发病多于双侧,左侧多于右侧。     

Anaesthesia for primary repair of cleft lip and cleft palate: a review of 244 procedures

The peri-operative course of 194 patients undergoing 244 procedures for primary repair of cleft lip and palate over an 8-year-period was studied. A marked increase in the extent of intra-operative monitoring was noted during this period. The Pierre Robin syndrome was the most common associated abnormality and was found in 17% of patients in this series. There were no deaths. A total of 101 procedures were undertaken in infants with cleft lip of whom 10% received an intra-operative blood transfusion. Post-operative opiate analgesics were administered following 97% of these procedures and profound respiratory depression was observed in three children. The use of lignocaine and noradrenaline did not significantly reduce the operative blood loss. A post-operative pyrexial illness was significantly associated with the presence of a positive pre-operative nasal and throat swab and this could be significantly reduced by pre-operative antibiotic treatment. A total of 143 children underwent repair of cleft palate and of these 16.8% received an operative blood transfusion. An elective tracheostomy was required in one patient because of unsuccessful attempts at endotracheal intubation. One patient developed a respiratory arrest after two doses of diamorphine peri-operatively. The use of lignocaine and noradrenaline significantly reduced the operative blood loss. The presence of a positive bacteriological nose or throat swab did not influence the development of a post-operative pyrexia which could however be significantly reduced by the use of pre-operative antibiotics.