ArticleAnesthesia, essays and researches
A retrospective analysis of anesthetic experience in 2917 patients posted for cleft lip and palate repair.
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- Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Due to Food Residues during General Anesthesia Induction for Palatoplasty in a Patient with Cleft Palate.Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2026Article
- Dexmedetomidine as a total intravenous anesthetic in pediatric patients undergoing cleft lip and palate surgery: a case series.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
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- Timing of Cleft Palate Repair in Patients With and Without Robin Sequence.The Journal of craniofacial surgery · 2021Article
- Anaesthesia for cleft lip surgeries in a resource poor setting: techniques, outcome and safety.The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
- Congenital malformations and medical conditions associated with orofacial clefts in children in Burkina Faso.BMC pediatrics · 2017Article
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Abstract
contextAnaesthesia during cleft lip and palate surgery carries a high risk and difficult airway management in children.
aimto study the perioperative anesthetic complications in poor children with cleft abnormalities. SETTINGS AND
designRetrospective analysis. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis retrospective audit was conducted on 2917 patients of smile train project under going general anesthesia for cleft lip and palate from January 2007 to December 2010. Demographic, pre-anesthetic status, anesthetic management and anesthesia complications were recorded. Chi-square test was used to assess the relation between patient factors and occurrence of complications.
resultsOf the 3044, we were able to procure complete data of 2917 patients. Most of children presented with anemia 251 (35%), 202 (29%) had eosinophilia while 184 (26%) had upper respiratory tract infection. The incidence of perioperative complications was 8.19% of which 33.7% critical incidents occurred during the induction time. The most common complication was laryngospasm 77 (40.9%) followed by difficult intubation 64 (30.9%). There was no mortality.
conclusionSince these procedures do not characterize an emergency, most of the perioperative complications can be prevented by following the routine installed by the institute and smile train protocols.
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