艾司洛尔治疗小儿腭裂手术中心动过速30例

目的：观察艾司洛尔在小儿腭裂手术中出现心动过速时的治疗效果。方法：30例腭裂手术病人，在手术中静脉滴注艾司洛尔10～30mg。结果：30例手术病人的心率都有不同程度的下降。结论：艾司洛尔在小儿腭裂手术中对心动过速具有显著疗效。     

Velopharyngeal insufficiency following adenoidectomy1

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a well recognized but rare complication of adenoidectomy. Twenty children with this condition were seen and assessed at Great Ormond Street Hospital between 1993 and 2000. The commonest aetiology was occult submucous cleft palate (n = 5) but there was a wide range of other causes. Two children with severe behavioural disorders and normal palates developed mild symptoms, an aetiology not previously reported. Only two children had a classical submucous cleft palate. Nine children required surgical intervention and three revision procedures. Of the 15 treated children for whom follow‐up data was available, 13 regained normal or near‐normal speech. Many cases of postadenoidectomy VPI was not foreseeable. Following referral to a specialist cleft unit, normal or near‐normal speech can be achieved in the majority with a combination of surgery and speech therapy.     

小鼠腭板旋转培养模型的建立及其初步应用

目的为研究全反式视黄酸(atRA)对小鼠腭板发育的影响及其致腭裂的机制,建立腭板旋转培养模型。方法于妊娠第12天取下小鼠胚胎腭移植体,以10-5～10-1μmolLatRA诱导,在旋转培养装置中连续培养72h,观察腭板发育融合情况。结果经72h培养后,对照组正常融合,与体内发育一致。atRA在10-5μmolL能促进腭板的融合,≥10-4μmolL抑制腭板的发育及融合,造成腭裂,融合率下降,并呈显著的剂量-效应关系。结论本模型中,腭板能在体外培养中存活并继续生长、发育、融合;atRA在10-5μmolL能促进腭板融合,高于10-4μmolL呈剂量-效应关系的抑制融合,造成腭裂,证明小鼠腭板旋转培养模型建立成功。     

Effects of palatine bone denudation repair with periosteal graft on maxillary growth: An experimental study in rats

BackgroundThe long-term goal of cleft palate repair is to provide normal maxillary growth and speech capacity. However, most surgical repairs of cleft palate result in areas of bone denudation on lateral aspects of the hard palate. It is widely acknowledged that palatal bone denudation and subsequent scar contracture resulting from cleft palate surgery can inhibit maxillary growth.MethodThis study is designed to investigate the effect of the periosteum on growth patterns of the maxilla. A total of 32 three-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group and three experimental groups: a mucosa excision group, a mucosa-periosteum excision group and a periosteal graft group. Nine weeks postoperatively the skulls were prepared for study and palatal widths and lengths were determined. The experimental groups were investigated for various histological changes.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference for the maxillary measurements (palatal width and length) between the mucosa excision group and the periosteal graft group when compared with the control group. However, the mucosa-periosteum excision group compared to the control indicated a statistically significant decrease in the same measurements. There was also a statistically significant difference for the maxillary measurements between the periosteal graft group and the mucosa-periosteum excision group.It was demonstrated histologically that the density of the Sharpey's fibres and periodontal scar tissue showed a slight increase in the mucosa excision group and the periosteal graft group compared with the control group. In the mucosa-periosteum excision group, the density increased significantly as expected.ConclusionsAll of these findings testify that retaining the periosteum or replacement with a periosteum graft after surgery can prevent the inhibition of maxillary growth.     

Cellular and molecular mechanisms in the development of a cleft lip and/or cleft palate; insights from zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Human cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) are immediately recognizable congenital abnormalities of the face. Lip and palate develop from facial primordia through the coordinated activities of ectodermal epithelium and neural crest cells (NCCs) derived from ectomesenchyme tissue. Subtle changes in the regulatory mechanisms of NCC or ectodermal epithelial cells can result in CLP. Genetic and environmental contributions or a combination of both play a significant role in the progression of CLP. Model organisms provide us with a wealth of information in understanding the pathophysiology and genetic etiology of this complex disease. Small teleost, zebrafish (Danio rerio) is one of the popular model in craniofacial developmental biology. The short generation time and large number of optically transparent, easily manipulated embryos increase the value of zebrafish to identify novel candidate genes and gene regulatory networks underlying craniofacial development. In addition, it is widely used to identify the mechanisms of environmental teratogens and in therapeutic drug screening. Here, we discuss the value of zebrafish as a model to understand epithelial and NCC induced ectomesenchymal cell activities during early palate morphogenesis and robustness of the zebrafish in modern research on identifying the genetic and environmental etiological factors of CLP.     

Endoscope-assisted greater neurovascular palatal bundle release in cleft palatoplasty

Performing surgery in the oral cavity is difficult because of the limited view of the surgical field. Intraoral surgery for infantile oral disorders, such as cleft palate, is even more challenging. Endoscopy provides a minimally invasive approach and clear surgical view in surgeries with a constrained field of view. To date, very few reports have described endoscope-assisted palate surgery for children with cleft palate. At the authors’ institution, endoscopes have been used in primary palatoplasty using the double-opposing Z-plasty technique. A novel endoscope-assisted procedure is described herein, in which a dissection around the greater palatine neurovascular bundle is used to obtain tension-free closure of the palatal cleft. With this technique, it was possible to minimize the application of additional von Langenbeck-type relaxation incisions, which were previously introduced in most of our cases; the relaxation incision was successfully circumvented in 42.3% of cases. This led to lesser surgical interference, which possibly resulted in favourable palatal development. It was also found that the endoscopic procedure did not increase the operation time or blood loss when compared to those patients who underwent the non-endoscopic procedure. It is concluded that endoscopic guidance is quite useful in primary palatoplasty procedures with a constricted surgical view.