Pattern of Orofacial Clefts at A Tertiary Care Hospital in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia
Orofacial clefts
Patterns
Journal
Ethiopian journal of health sciences
ISSN: 2413-7170
Titre abrégé: Ethiop J Health Sci
Pays: Ethiopia
ID NLM: 101224773
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
23
07
2021
accepted:
13
09
2021
entrez:
8
4
2022
pubmed:
9
4
2022
medline:
12
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Clefts of the lip and/or palate are the most common craniofacial birth defects. The worldwide birth prevalence is 1/700 live births. There are varying reports from Africa. This study investigated the patterns of orofacial clefts at a tertiary care hospital in Addis Ababa. A retrospective descriptive study was performed to assess the patterns of Orofacial clefts at the main cleft care center in Ethiopia. The Data of cleft patients operated at the main cleft care center in Ethiopia from January 2007 to April 2020 with the support of Smile Train was used for this study. Their demographic and clinical data was retrieved from the Smile Train data base and analyzed using Stata version 16. A total of 1919 patients' data was retrieved, excluding 16 patients' data (.83%). The data of 1903 (99.17%) patients were enrolled in this study. Cleft lip and palate were found in 53.0% of the patients. Cleft lip only was found in 731 (38.4%) and cleft palate only in 166 (8.6%) patients. The commonest surgery performed was primary unilateral lip nose repair. Most patients were operated after the age of five years old. Many were operated after the age of five years, which is not in line with international recommendations. This needs improvement: establish more cleft care centers, distribute health care information and education.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Clefts of the lip and/or palate are the most common craniofacial birth defects. The worldwide birth prevalence is 1/700 live births. There are varying reports from Africa. This study investigated the patterns of orofacial clefts at a tertiary care hospital in Addis Ababa.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
A retrospective descriptive study was performed to assess the patterns of Orofacial clefts at the main cleft care center in Ethiopia. The Data of cleft patients operated at the main cleft care center in Ethiopia from January 2007 to April 2020 with the support of Smile Train was used for this study. Their demographic and clinical data was retrieved from the Smile Train data base and analyzed using Stata version 16.
Results
UNASSIGNED
A total of 1919 patients' data was retrieved, excluding 16 patients' data (.83%). The data of 1903 (99.17%) patients were enrolled in this study. Cleft lip and palate were found in 53.0% of the patients. Cleft lip only was found in 731 (38.4%) and cleft palate only in 166 (8.6%) patients. The commonest surgery performed was primary unilateral lip nose repair. Most patients were operated after the age of five years old.
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Many were operated after the age of five years, which is not in line with international recommendations. This needs improvement: establish more cleft care centers, distribute health care information and education.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35392346
doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v31i6.12
pii: jEJHS.v31.i6.pg1175
pmc: PMC8968373
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1175-1184Informations de copyright
© 2021 Mekonen Eshete.
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