ArticleThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association2024
Cleft Palate Repair Postoperative Management: Current Practices in the United States.
Article in The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Systematic Review of Growth in Young Children With Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate From 0 to 24 Months of Age.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of Surgical Technique and Surgical Skill on Outcomes of Cleft Palate Repair.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2026Observational
- Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy in Cleft Surgery-A Scoping Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Analysis and Reporting of Randomized Trials in Cleft Palate Surgery: Learning from the Timing of Primary Surgery (TOPS) Trial.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2025Article
- Speech Therapy in an Adult With Cleft Lip and Palate: A Clinical Case Study.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups · 2025Article
- Comparison of the Effects of Postoperative Arm Restraints and Mittens on Cleft Lip Scar Quality after Primary Repair.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Updates in Cleft Care.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe current postoperative management practices following cleft palate repair.
designA survey was administered to cleft surgeons to collect information on their demographic characteristics, surgical training, surgical practice, and postoperative management preferences.
settingEighteen tertiary referral hospitals across the United States.Participants: Surgeons (n = 67) performing primary cleft palate repair.
resultsPostoperative diet restrictions were imposed by 92% of surgeons; pureed foods were allowed at one week after surgery by 90% of surgeons; a regular diet was allowed at one month by 80% of surgeons. Elbow immobilizers and/or mittens were used by 85% of surgeons, for a median duration of two weeks. There was significant disagreement about postoperative use of bottles (61% allow), sippy cups (68% allow), pacifiers (29% allow), and antibiotics (45% prescribe). Surgeon specialty was not associated with any aspect of postoperative management (
conclusionsSurgeons broadly agree on diet restrictions and the use of elbow immobilizers or mittens following palate repair. Almost all other aspects of postoperative management, including the type and duration of diet restriction as well as the duration of immobilizer use, are highly individualized.
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