Initial size of cleft does not correlate with size and function of nasal airway in adults with unilateral cleft lip and palate

• The noses of patients with clefts are often functionally inadequate. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the correlation between size of the maxillary cleft in infancy and size and function of the nasal airway in adults with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). This is a long-term follow up study including 53 patients with UCLP born between 1960 and 1987 and treated at the Cleft Lip and Palate Centre, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. Lip repair was performed at 3--4 months of age followed by either a one-stage or a two-stage palatal closure. The size of the cleft was measured on infant maxillary dental casts. Nasal minimum cross-sectional area (cm

Keyword

Unilateral cleft lip and palate

cleft size

acoustic rhinometry

rhinomanometry

nasal resistance

odour identification

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