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Transverse Facial Cleft Repair Using Precise Location of Commissure

Completed
Conditions
Transverse Facial Cleft
Interventions
Procedure: precise location of commissure
Registration Number
NCT03282721
Lead Sponsor
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Brief Summary

To compare the effect of redesigned transverse facial cleft treatment and traditional transverse facial cleft treatment.

Detailed Description

Nine patients with transverse facial cleft were treated with redesigned repair using precise location of commissure. The main outcome measurement included scar, symmetry of the commissure. They were graded in five scores by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients. The results were compared with healthy controls.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
9
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of transverse facial cleft disease;
  • Must not received any lip surgeries before;
  • Such disease can be accompanied by external ear abnormalities, hypoplastic mandible, cleft lip and palate.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe general diseases;
  • Patients who had been treated with lip surgery;
  • Patients and/or his/her family didn't want to continue the clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
redesignedprecise location of commissurethe commissure constructions of the cleft side were precised located, include the upper and lower inherent vermilion border, the interior commissure, the outline of commissure, the exterior commissure, the upper skin-mucosa junction and the lower skin-mucosa junction.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
symmetry of the commissures6 to 12 months after surgery

symmetry of the commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Scar of the repaired commissures6 to 12 months after surgery

scar of the repaired commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
scar of the repaired commissures1 to 6 months after surgery

scar of the repaired commissure was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

symmetry of the commissures1 to 6 months after surgery

symmetry of the commissures was graded in five points. They were scored by five resident physicians who had never seen the patients.

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