Retrospective Study on the Outcome of Cleft Palate Repair: Comparing US Surgical and Ethicon Suture Materials

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cleft Palate

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00584272

200715210

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigator initiated retrospective chart review to study the effects of changing suture material on the healing and outcome of cleft palate surgery were.

Full description

This study aims to show what the effects of changing suture material were on the healing and outcome of cleft palate surgery. The study will be considered successful if we find that either there is an effect on the healing after surgery, one of the suture materials seems to promote better healing and final outcome, or that there is no difference between the suture materials.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cleft palate repair performed at UCDMC between 1/1996 and 6/2006

Exclusion criteria

• Those who do not meet the inclusion criteria