کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3142566 1196789 2014 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The use of SymNose for quantitative assessment of lip symmetry following repair of complete bilateral cleft lip and palate
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی دندانپزشکی، جراحی دهان و پزشکی
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The use of SymNose for quantitative assessment of lip symmetry following repair of complete bilateral cleft lip and palate
چکیده انگلیسی

IntroductionThe SymNose computer program has been proposed as an objective method for the quantitative assessment of lip symmetry following unilateral cleft lip repair. This study aims to demonstrate the use of SymNose in patients with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP), a group previously excluded from computer-based analysis.MethodsA retrospective cohort study compared several parameters of lip symmetry between BCLP cases and non-cleft controls. 15 BCLP cases aged 10 (±1 year) who had undergone primary repair were recruited from the patient database at the South West Cleft Unit, Frenchay Hospital. Frontal facial photographs were selected for measurement. 15 age-matched controls were recruited from a local school. Lip symmetry was expressed as: percentage mismatch of left vermillion border and upper lip area over the right, horizontal lip tilt and lateral deviation of the lip.ResultsA significant increase in lip asymmetry was found in the BCLP group expressed as upper vermillion border mismatch across computer-defined and user-defined midlines (mean difference was 16.4% (p < 0.01) and 17.5% (p < 0.01) respectively).ConclusionsThe results suggest that a significant degree of lip asymmetry remains in BCLP patients even after primary repair. This challenges previous assumptions that those with bilateral defects would be relatively symmetrical.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery - Volume 42, Issue 5, July 2014, Pages 454–459
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