The Influence of Genetic Syndromes on the Algorithm of Cleft Lip and Palate Repair - A Retrospective Study
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The Influence of Genetic Syndromes on the Algorithm of Cleft Lip and Palate Repair - A Retrospective Study
Abstract
Introduction: This study aimed to determine if the treatment algorithm used for nonsyndromic cleft patients required alteration to manage syndromic cleft lip and/or palate patients.
Methods: The records of patients managed by the Pécs Cleft Team between January 1999 and December 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. The sources of the data included clinical and genetic records.
Results: A total of 607 patients were managed by the cleft team during the study. Sixteen patients (2.6%) were noted to be afflicted with a particular identifiable syndrome. Seven different genetic syndromes and one sequence were present in the study. The Pierre Robin sequence occurred most often, comprising 50% of the cohort. The treatment algorithm used in managing nonsyndromic clefts required modification in 13 of the 16 syndromic patients.
Discussion: The presence of a genetic syndrome may notably affect the treatment algorithm in children born with cleft lip and/or palate. The surgical treatment of certain associated anomalies has by necessity, priority over the timing of the reconstruction of the cleft lip and/or cleft palate in syndromic patients.
Keywords: Child; cleft lip; cleft palate; syndrome; treatment timing.
Copyright: © 2021 Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery.
Conflict of interest statement
Dr. George Kalman Sandor was associated as a section editor of this journal and this manuscript was subject to this journal's standard review procedures, with this peer review handled independently of this section editor and their research group.
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