ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2018
Anaesthesia for cleft lip surgeries in a resource poor setting: techniques, outcome and safety.
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- Experience of Field Cleft Surgery From 2 Nigerian Centers: A 10-year Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- The characteristics and perioperative outcomes of children with orofacial clefts managed at an academic hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Experience with Anaesthesia for Cleft Surgery in a Smile Train Partner Hospital in a Low- and Middle-Income Country.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
introductionCleft lip and palate is one of the more common congenital malformation and the most common craniofacial anomalies in children. The treatment is expensive and requires specialised care. Access to this care in middle and low income countries is compounded by socioeconomic status of patients and their relation and also the inadequacy of expertise in medical personnel and infrastructure. Objective: the study aimed to review the techniques of anaesthesia used in a low resource setting in terms of the techniques, outcome, and safety.
methodsThis is a retrospective review of 79 cases done in a resource poor setting. Information regarding the patients, surgeries and modes of anaesthesia were retrieved from the case notes.
resultsA total of 62 patients were operated with incomplete cleft accounting for 37 (59.7%), complete 23(37.1%), and 2 (3.2%) as bilateral. Forty-six (74.2%) of patients had their surgery done with ketamine anaesthesia without endotracheal intubation, 14 (22.6%) had regional anaesthesia and 2 patients (3.2%) had general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation.
conclusionThis study demonstrates that with careful planning and expertise, cleft lip repair can be done safely in resource poor setting.
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