Long-term effects of palate repair on craniofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the long-term effects of palate repair on craniofacial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. SUBJECTS: Forty-eight adults with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate, 29 men and 19 women, had lip repair only (LRO group). Fifty-eight adults with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate, 35 men and 23 women, had lip and palate repairs by the age of 9 (LPR group). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical notes were used to record surgical treatment histories. Cephalometry was used to determine craniofacial morphology. RESULTS: In the lip and palate repair group, the depth of the bony pharynx (Ba-PMP), the maxillary length at the alveolar level (PMP-A), the effective length of the maxilla (Ar-IZ, Ar-ANS, Ar-A), the maxillary protrusion (S-N-ANS, SNA), the anteroposterior jaw relation (ANS-N-Pog, ANB), and the overjet were smaller than in the lip repair only group. There were no significant differences in the maxillary length at the basal level (PMP-IZ, PMP-ANS) and the anterior and posterior maxillary heights (N-ANS and R-PMP, respectively) in the two groups. CONCLUSION: Palate repair inhibits the forward displacement of the basal maxilla and anteroposterior development of the maxillary dentoalveolus in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. Palate repair has no detrimental effects on the downward displacement of the basal maxilla or on palatal remodeling in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.     

Hard palate repair timing and facial growth in unilateral cleft lip and palate: a longitudinal study.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether timing of hard palate repair had a significant effect on facial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN: Retrospective longitudinal study. SETTING: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. PATIENTS: A total of 104 patients with nonsyndromic UCLP who had hard palate repair by age 13 years, with their 290 cephalometric radiographs taken after lip and palate repair. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical notes were used to record surgical treatment histories. Cephalometry was used to determine facial morphology and growth rate. RESULTS: Timing of hard palate repair had a significant effect on the length and protrusion of the alveolar maxilla (PMP-A and SNA, respectively) and the anteroposterior alveolar jaw relation (ANB) at age 20 years but not on their growth rates. CONCLUSION: Timing of hard palate repair significantly affects the growth of the maxilla in patients with UCLP. Late hard palate repair has a smaller adverse effect than does early hard palate repair on the growth of the maxilla. This timing effect primarily affects the anteroposterior development of the maxillary dentoalveolus and is attributed to the development being undisturbed before closure of the hard palate.     

Hard palate repair timing and facial morphology in unilateral cleft lip and palate: Before versus after pubertal peak velocity age.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether timing of hard palate repair, before versus after pubertal peak velocity age, had a significant effect on facial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Setting: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. PATIENTS: A total of 125 adult patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate were recruited and their last cephalometric radiographs were used. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical notes were used to record surgical treatment histories. Cephalometry was used to determine facial morphology. RESULTS: The patients who had hard palate repair after pubertal peak velocity age had a deeper bony pharynx (Ba-PMP), a longer alveolar maxilla (PMP-A), a longer effective length of the maxilla (Ar-ANS, Ar-A), and as a result had a more favorable anteroposterior jaw relation (ANS-N-Pog, ANB, NAPog) and larger overjet, compared with those who had hard palate repair before pubertal peak velocity age. CONCLUSION: Timing of hard palate repair significantly affects the growth of the maxilla in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. Hard palate repair after (versus before) pubertal peak velocity age has a smaller adverse effect on the forward growth of the maxilla. This timing affects the forward displacement of the basal maxilla and the anteroposterior development of the maxillary dentoalveolus.     

Effects of timing and number of palate repair on maxillary growth in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 40 subjects to investigate the effects of timings and number of palate surgeries on maxillary growth in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients. The number of surgeries performed for palate repair was not an important growth inhibiting factor of maxilla, rather the age at which the initial palate surgery was performed for palate repair was an important factor in influencing maxillary growth.     

不同的早期治疗模式对单侧完全性唇腭裂患者颌面形态的影响

目的 探讨不同的早期治疗模式对非综合征性单侧完全性唇腭裂患者(UCCLPAs)颌面形态的影响.方法 纳入47位6~7岁的非综合征性单侧完全性唇腭裂患者为病例组,将其按不同的早期治疗模式分为4组,纳入13位性别及年龄与之相当的单侧不完全性唇裂患者为对照组.通过比较反映颌面形态的8个指标来评价病例组和对照组颌面部骨性形态差异.统计采用t检验、单因素方差分析及秩和检验方法.结果 与对照组相比,12月龄前修复唇裂的UCCLPAs的骨性咽腔深度(Ba-PMP) 减小(P<0.05).与未修复腭裂的UCCLPAs相比, 12月龄前修复唇裂,24月龄前修复腭裂的UCCLPAs的面突度(SNA)减小(P<0.05),上颌骨后面高(R-PMP)减小(P<0.05).病例组间相比,3月龄前行唇粘连术,12月龄前行硬腭犁骨瓣整复术的 UCCLPAs 的上颌骨位置(S-Ptm)偏后(P<0.05).结论 当UCCLPAs 6~7岁时,3月龄前行唇粘连术,且12月龄前行硬腭犁骨瓣整复术者的患者上颌骨生长受抑制最严重.24月龄内行硬腭裂整复术者上颌骨向前的生长及后面高的生长均会受抑制.     

唇腭裂手术对上颌骨矢状向生长发育影响的研究

目的：研究唇腭裂手术对单侧完全性唇腭裂患者上颌骨矢状向生长发育的影响。方法：混合牙列期单侧完全性唇腭裂仅修复唇裂患者15例,唇腭裂术后患者18例;16岁以上恒牙列期单侧完全性唇腭裂仅修复唇裂患者15例,唇腭裂术后患者15例。所有患者均拍摄头颅定位侧位片,测量分析矢状方向的线距和角度;分别以相应年龄段的非唇腭裂正常者作为对照,采用SPSS11.0软件包对数据进行单因素方差分析（ANOVA）。结果：混合牙列期单侧完全性唇腭裂仅修复唇裂患者表现为上颌长度缩短,而唇腭裂术后患者除上颌长度的缩短外,还存在上颌位置后缩;16岁以上恒牙列单侧完全性唇腭裂仅修复唇裂患者主要表现为上颌位置后缩,存在明显Ⅲ类倾向,术后患者上颌位置后缩外,上颌长度也缩短。结论：唇裂手术及早期腭裂手术对上颌骨矢状向生长可能有干扰作用。     

Vomer flap for hard palate repair is related to favorable maxillary growth in unilateral cleft lip and palate

Objective

Vomer flap repair is assumed to improve maxillary growth because of reduced scarring in growth-sensitive areas of the palate. Our aim was to evaluate whether facial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate was significantly affected by the technique of hard palate repair (vomer flap versus two-flap).

Materials and methods

For this retrospective longitudinal study, we analyzed 334 cephalometric radiographs from 95 patients with nonsyndromic complete unilateral cleft lip and palate who underwent hard palate repair by two different techniques (vomer flap versus two-flap). Clinical notes were reviewed to record treatment histories. Cephalometry was used to determine facial morphology and growth rate. The associations among facial morphology at age 20, facial growth rate, and technique of hard palate repair were assessed using generalized estimating equation analysis.

Results

The hard palate repair technique significantly influenced protrusion of the maxilla (SNA: β?=??3.5°, 95 % CI?=??5.2-1.7; p?=?0.001) and the anteroposterior jaw relation (ANB: β?=??4.2°, 95 % CI?=??6.4-1.9; p?=?0.001; Wits: β?=??5.7 mm, 95 % CI?=??9.6-1.2; p?=?0.01) at age 20, and their growth rates (SNA p?=?0.001, ANB p?<?0.01, and Wits p?=?0.02).

Conclusions

The results suggest that in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate, vomer flap repair has a smaller adverse effect than two-flap on growth of the maxilla. This effect on maxillary growth is on the anteroposterior development of the alveolar maxilla and is progressive with age. We now perform hard palate closure with vomer flap followed by soft palate closure using Furlow palatoplasty.

Clinical relevance

These findings may improve treatment outcome by modifying the treatment protocol for patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.     

腭裂整复时间对单侧完全性唇腭裂患者颅颌面形态影响的差异性研究

目的了解腭裂整复术的时间对单侧完全性唇腭裂患者面部形态的影响。方法选择46例13岁以上的非综合征性单侧完全性唇腭裂患者为试验组,根据腭裂整复术的时间将其分为4岁前行腭裂整复术、4~7岁行腭裂整复术、7岁后行腭裂整复术。另选择38例年龄和性别与试验组相当的无裂者为对照组。通过测量颅颌面三维方向的26个指标对4组的面部形态进行比较分析。结果4岁后行腭裂整复术者较4岁前行腭裂整复术者ANS点突度（Ba-N-ANS,Ba-ANS）大,Y轴角小,7岁后行腭裂整复术者较4岁前行腭裂整复术者上颌骨矢状向长度（A-PMP）及上颌基骨矢状向长度（ANS-PMP）大,7岁前修复腭裂者下面高（ANS-Me）较无裂者小,7岁后修复者与无裂者无明显差异。结论在上颌骨生长发育期间的腭裂整复手术都会对患者上颌骨生长发育造成影响,晚行腭裂整复术者较早行腭裂整复术者有较好的下面高、上颌突度、上颌矢状向长度和下颌骨生长方向,即较晚行腭裂整复术者有较好的颅面部矢状向形态。     

Long-term effects of lip repair on dentofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: Lateral cephalograms from the growth archive of the Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project were analyzed in a cohort design to study the long-term effects of lip repair on dentofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. METHODS: A total of 71 patients were recruited, including 23 adult patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate without surgical repair and 48 adult patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate who had lip repair, but without management of alveolus or anterior vomer. The design utilized exact matching on ethnicity and statistical control for gender and age. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The data support the hypothesis that lip repair primarily produces a bone-bending effect on the anterior maxillary alveolus (alveolar molding), accompanied by controlled uprighting of maxillary incisors, and secondarily produces a bone-remodeling effect (bone resorption) in the base of the anterior maxillary alveolus. When analyzed by the age at lip repair and the surgeon who performed lip repair, early lip repair produced a greater bone-remodeling effect than did late lip repair, and variation in the surgeon who performed lip repair had an insignificant impact on dentofacial morphology after adjusting for covariates.     

Midfacial morphology in adult unoperated complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients

OBJECTIVE: To examine lateral cephalometric radiographs of adult unoperated cleft lip and palate patients for the purpose of clarifying whether maxillary deficiencies observed in treated cleft patients result from intrinsic defects or surgical intervention early in life. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study examined lateral cephalograms of 30 adult patients with nonsyndromic complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (CUCLP). The lateral cephalograms were traced and evaluated for size and position of the cranial base, maxilla, maxillary dentition, mandible, and mandibular dentition as well as for vertical relationships. Comparisons with 30 adult noncleft individuals were made. RESULTS: In unoperated adult cleft lip and palate patients, the cranial base angle was increased with the anterior cranial base reduced in length. The maxilla was found to be normal in size and somewhat prognathic in position. Both the maxillary and mandibular incisors were relatively upright. The mandible was smaller in size and posteriorly positioned. CONCLUSIONS: The potential for normal growth of the maxilla exists in patients with CUCLP. It is likely that disturbances of maxillary growth in surgically operated cleft patients are related primarily to the surgical intervention.     

应用上颌前牵引治疗唇腭裂患者术后上颌发育不足的回顾分析

唇腭裂畸形是人类最常见的先天发育性缺陷之一。目前,唇腭裂手术是治疗畸形的主要手段,但术后患者常出现上颌发育不足,通常表现为面中部发育不足、凹陷,前牙反,严重影响了患者的面容美观和心理健康。上颌前牵引是通过牵引装置作用于上颌牙齿来刺激上颌骨周围4个骨缝的改建,进而促进上颌骨向前移位,抑制下颌骨向前生长,改善凹陷的面型。本文就前方牵引治疗唇腭裂患者术后前牙反的报道作一综述。     

Effects of lip repair on maxillary growth and facial soft tissue development in patients with a complete unilateral cleft of lip, alveolus and palate.

PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between lip repair and inhibition of maxillary growth, and to investigate the characteristics of upper lip in patients with complete unilateral clefts of lip, alveolus and palate. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Lateral cephalometric radiographs and photographs (anterior-posterior and profile) were taken for 3 groups of patients: (1) 35 complete unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate cases in whom only a labioplasty was performed as infants; (2) 47 cases who had both lip and palate repaired; and (3) 37 non-cleft peers as controls. RESULTS: There was maxillary retrusion in groups (1) and (2). Surface area and height of the upper lip was reduced in both these groups when compared with the normal controls. CONCLUSION: Lip repair is a most important factor in the restraint of maxillary growth in patients with complete unilateral clefts of lip, alveolus and palate. And height and projection of the upper lip are reduced following lip repair.     

Long-term effects of clefts on craniofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the long-term effects of clefts (intrinsic and functional) on craniofacial growth and to evaluate the possible association between the sizes of the cleft maxillary segment (intrinsic) and alveolar cleft (functional) and the craniofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study. SETTING: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. SUBJECTS: Thirty unoperated adult patients with UCLP and 52 normal controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Maxillary dental cast was used to measure the sizes of the cleft maxillary segment and alveolar cleft. Cephalometry was used to determine craniofacial morphology. RESULTS: Patients with UCLP had shorter height of the basal maxilla, shorter posterior length of the basal maxilla, and less protruded basal maxilla at the zygomatic level than did control subjects. In patients with UCLP, the posterior height of the basal maxilla was related to the size of the cleft maxillary segment, and there was a tendency toward significant association between the anterior height of the basal maxilla and the size of the alveolar cleft. CONCLUSION: The adverse effects of clefts on the growth of the maxilla in patients with UCLP are restricted to the basal maxilla in size. This growth inhibition is major in height and minor in length. The reduced posterior height of the basal maxilla in unoperated patients with UCLP might be primarily attributed to intrinsic effects, whereas the reduced anterior height of the basal maxilla might be attributed to functional effects.     

唇裂修复术对上颌骨生长发育影响的初步探讨

目的：进一步了解唇裂修复手术对唇裂伴牙槽突裂和唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长发育影响方面的差异及其机制,方法：将84例唇裂修复术后患者分为唇裂伴牙槽突裂、唇腭裂唇裂修复组和唇腭裂均修复组,并设健康对照组,摄定位头颅线片并测量分析。结果：唇裂修复术对唇腭裂组上凳骨生长发育的影响明显大于唇裂伴牙槽突裂组,结论：唇腭裂的裂与组织缺损是导致唇裂修复影响上颌骨生长的重要原因。     

Results of randomized controlled trial of soft palate first versus hard palate first repair in unilateral complete cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcomes for primary repair of unilateral cleft lip and palate, operating on the soft palate first versus the hard palate first. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: The Regional Cleft Service of West Nepal. PATIENTS: Forty-seven consecutive patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate, of whom 37 were assessed 4 to 6 years after completing primary surgical repair. INTERVENTIONS: Primary repair of unilateral cleft lip and palate by two differing sequences: (1) soft palate repair, with hard palate and lip repair 3 months later; and (2) lip and hard palate repair, followed by the soft palate repair 3 months later. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Analysis of dental study models, weight gain, and speech recordings. RESULTS: Four to 7 years after completing the cleft closure, there was no significant difference in facial growth between the two types of repair sequencing. Completing posterior repair first had no effect on anterior alveolar gap width. It narrowed the hard palate gap by reducing the intercanine distance. Anterior repair dramatically closed the anterior alveolar gap, and narrowed the intercanine distance. Comparing anterior alveolar gap width with age at first presentation demonstrated that there was no spontaneous narrowing of the cleft in older children. Completing posterior closure first had a weight gain advantage over anterior closure first. Improved oropharyngeal closure, and thus swallowing, is the likely explanation. CONCLUSION: Changing the sequencing of cleft closure has no demonstrable difference in facial growth at 4 to 7 years after completion of the primary surgery.     

A comparison of growth impairment and orthodontic results in adult patients with clefts of palate and unilateral clefts of lip, palate and alveolus

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare the long-term aesthetic and functional results of surgical and orthodontic treatment in patients with cleft palate and unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. DESIGN: 30 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and 30 patients with isolated cleft palate, mean age of 18.9 years, were evaluated by cephalometric and model analysis a mean of 1.5 years after orthodontic treatment. In each group the surgical treatment has been similar. RESULTS: Model analysis: The sum of every mesiodistal tooth diameter in the maxilla and in the mandible was recorded according to the Bolton analysis. Twenty patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate and alveolus had relatively large upper dental arches and nine had relatively large lower dental arches. Twenty-two patients with cleft palates had large upper dental arches and seven had large mandibular arches. Eleven patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and 18 patients with cleft palate had a negative space supply (the sum of the mesiodistal tooth diameters compared with the sagittal length of the alveolar ridge) in the region of the lateral teeth. All patients had persistent transverse space deficits that were increased on the side of the cleft in patients with cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. These unilateral transversal space deficits were recorded in 22 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and in 8 patients with isolated cleft palate. Sagittal measurements were reduced in 26 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and in 23 patients with cleft palate alone. The alveolar midline of the maxilla and the mandible were displaced in 25 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and in 19 patients with isolated cleft palate. Lateral cephalometric analysis: The lateral cephalograms taken at the same time as the models showed a mean SNA of 76.8 degrees and a NL-NSL angle of 8.7 degrees, indications of a tendency towards maxillary retrognathia in patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. Patients with cleft palate had a mean SNA of 79.6 degrees and NL-NSL angle of 8.1 degrees. The anterior facial vertical index was within normal limits in patients with cleft lip, palate, and alveolus (44% vs 56%). An anterior facial height index of 42% compared with 58% in patients with isolated cleft palate indicated a slight reduction in midface height with an increase in the lower face as a consequence. CONCLUSION: Orthodontic and surgical treatment can result in satisfactory results on model analysis. However, there is specific growth impairment of the maxilla 1.5 years after termination of orthodontic treatment and this influences the final cephalometric analysis, particularly in patients with cleft lip, palate, and alveolus.     

Early postnatal development of the mandible in children with isolated cleft palate and children with nonsyndromic Robin sequence.

OBJECTIVE: Analysis of early postnatal mandibular size and growth velocity in children with untreated isolated cleft palate (ICP), nonsyndromic Robin sequence (RS), and a control group of children with unilateral incomplete cleft lip (UICL). MATERIAL: 114 children (66 isolated cleft palate, 7 Robin sequence, 41 unilateral incomplete cleft lip) drawn from a group representing all Danish cleft children born from 1976 through 1981. All children were examined at both 2 and 22 months of age. METHODS: Cephalometric x-rays and maxillary plaster casts. Mandibular length and height were measured and mandibular growth velocity (mm/year) was calculated. Cleft width was measured on the casts at 2 months of age. RESULTS: Mean mandibular length and posterior height were significantly smaller in isolated cleft palate and Robin sequence, compared with unilateral incomplete cleft lip. Mandibular length in Robin sequence was also significantly shorter, compared with isolated cleft palate. No significant difference was found between mean mandibular growth velocities in the three groups. No significant correlation was found between mandibular length and cleft width in either isolated cleft palate or Robin sequence at 2 months of age. CONCLUSION: The children with isolated cleft palate and Robin sequence had small mandibles shortly after birth, but with a relatively normal growth potential. No true mandibular catch-up growth was found up to 22 months of age in either group. No significant correlation was found between mandibular size and cleft width in either group at 2 months of age. However, there was a significant trend toward the shorter the mandible, the more severe the sagittal extension of the cleft.     

唇裂修复术对唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长发育的影响

目的:探讨唇裂修复术在单侧完全性唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长受限中的作用。方法:52例唇裂修复术后的单侧完全性唇腭裂恒牙列期患者,依是否已行腭裂修复分成两个实验组,通过头颅侧位头影测量片研究两组患者上颌骨生长变化规律,并与正常对照组比较。结果:唇腭裂均修复组与仅唇裂修复组具有基本相似的上颌骨生长抑制。结论:唇裂修复术是影响单侧完全性唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长受抑的重要因素。     

Effect of primary repositioning of the nasal septum on facial growth in unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate whether manipulation of the nasal septum, its release, and changing of its abnormal position in infancy has an impact on maxillary growth and facial development in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN: Roentgencephalometric investigation. SETTING: Cleft Centre at the Clinic of Plastic Surgery, Prague. PATIENTS: Two consecutive groups of male patients (n = 32 and 30) with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate without associated malformations at 15 years of age. INTERVENTIONS: The patients were operated on by the same team of surgeons and by the same method (lip: Tennison and primary periosteoplasty; palate: pushback with pharyngeal flap surgery), with the exception of complete primary repositioning of the nasal septum performed only in one group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Roentgencephalometric data of both series of patients were compared with a t-test. All measurements were performed by one investigator. RESULTS: Patients with primary repositioning of the nasal septum had a more favorable nasal prominence and better vertical growth of the upper and whole face in posterior height. Better growth in anterior height was only suggested; maxillary retrusion was equal in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Primary repositioning of the nasal septum has a favorable effect on nasal development, and it neither deteriorates nor markedly improves maxillary growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.     

2型糖尿病对小鼠下颌骨骨再生及辅助性T细胞17、调节性T细胞相关因子表达的影响

观察2型糖尿病对小鼠下颌骨骨再生以及辅助性T细胞17（Th17）、调节性T细胞（Treg）相关因子表达的影响。