Objective Assessment of the Nasal Airway in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate - a Long-term Study

Mani, Maria; Morén, Staffan; Thorvardsson, Ornolfur; Jakobsson, Olafur P.; Skoog, Valdemar; Holmström, Mats

doi:10.1597/09-057

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“…27,28 Our findings support these data, however, prior reports have not quantified the severity of bony septal deviation or the extent of associated airway stenosis as we have in this work. Functional studies assessing patients with a cleft demonstrate stenosis in the cleft nostril.…”

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Airway Obstruction and the Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Deformity

Friel¹,

Starbuck²,

Ghoneima³

et al. 2015

Annals of Plastic Surgery

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Airway Obstruction and the Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Deformity

Friel¹,

Starbuck²,

Ghoneima³

et al. 2015

Annals of Plastic Surgery

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“…Nasal cavity asymmetry and obstruction due to a unilateral cleft has already been demonstrated in adults by means of rhinomanometry (Fukushiro and Trindade, 2005;Mani et al, 2010) and acoustic rhinometry (Kunkel et al, 1997(Kunkel et al, , 1999Trindade et al, 2009), but similar data for children are lacking.…”

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“…As pointed out by Mani et al (2010), this objective approach is particularly relevant because nasal patency has become an important issue in cleft care due to the impact of nasal obstruction on the quality of life and sleep.…”

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“…Acoustic rhinometry has been extensively used in the general adult and pediatric population to objectively assess nasal patency. A few studies have used the technique to assess nasal obstruction in adults with cleft lip and palate, demonstrating a wide range of impairment, mostly on the affected side (Kunkel et al, 1997(Kunkel et al, , 1999Huempfner-Hierl et al, 2009;Trindade et al, 2009;Mani et al, 2010;Reiser et al, 2011). However, findings on adults are not applicable to children because nasal airflow resistance changes with age (Saito and Nishihata, 1981).…”

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Nasal Airway Dimensions of Children with Repaired Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

Trindade

Gomes

Fernandes

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The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal

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“…The noses of adult patients with clefts are often functionally inadequate [1,2]. Internal nasal deformities such as a deviated septum, hypertrophied turbinates, nasal polyps, posterior choanae deficiencies, adenoid tissue, and tonsils, and narrow and/or decreased size of nares or intranasal strictures, can all cause obstruction of the nasal airway [3].…”

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

Reiser

Andlin-Sobocki

Mani

et al. 2011

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

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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(2)) and volume (cm(3)) (acoustic rhinometry), air flow resistance (Pa s/cm(3)) (rhinomanometry), peak inspiratory flow (l/min) (peak nasal inspiratory flow) and number of identified odours (Scandinavian odor-identification test) were assessed in adulthood. The size of the maxillary cleft varied considerably at infancy. The size of the nasal airway and its function on the cleft side in adulthood were reduced compared with the non-cleft side, but no correlations were found between size of the initial cleft in infancy and size and function of the nasal airway in adulthood. In adults born with UCLP, therefore, size of the maxillary cleft in infancy does not seem to affect size and function of the nasal airway in adulthood.

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Objective Assessment of the Nasal Airway in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate - a Long-term Study

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Airway Obstruction and the Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Deformity

Airway Obstruction and the Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Deformity

Nasal Airway Dimensions of Children with Repaired Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

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

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