Facial Growth Evaluation of Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Operated Patients: a Cleft Reference Center in Paraíba, Brazil, Using the "GOSLON" Yardstick

Overview

Journal Oral Maxillofac Surg

Specialties Dentistry
General Surgery

Date 2013 Jul 13

PMID 23846293

Citations 2

Authors

Rosa Helena Wanderley Lacerda

Terumi Okada Ozawa

Tania Braga Ramos

Paulo Germano Cavalcanti Furtado

Lindalva Alves de Oliveira

Andressa Feitosa Bezerra de Oliveira

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Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (CUCLP) operated on by a single surgeon of the cleft reference center of the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital at the Federal University of Paraiba.

Methods: Forty-four individuals' dental casts diagnosed with CUCLP, born between 1995 and 2002, mean age of 11 years, were evaluated by three calibrated orthodontic specialists and scored by the Great Ormond Street, London and Oslo (GOSLON) yardstick on two occasions. The scores were compared with those observed in other centers around the world. The Kappa test was applied to evaluate the intra- and inter-examiner agreement. Descriptive statistics was applied for the GOSLON yardsticks core.

Results: The mean GOSLON score was 2.75. For the GOSLON yardstick, 43.2 % of the sample presented scores 1 and 2, 31.8 % had score 3, and 25 % were with scores 4 and 5. There was very good intra- and inter-examiner Kappa agreement in the application of the GOSLON yardstick.

Conclusions: The data suggest favorable outcomes, with 75 % of cases with no need of orthognathic surgery. The Kappa values confirmed the high reproducibility of the GOSLON yardstick.

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