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AAP Grand Rounds 20:10 (2008)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

PLASTIC SURGERY

Antenatal Diagnosis of Orofacial Clefts

Source: Russell KA, Allen VM, MacDonald ME, et al. A population-based evaluation of antenatal diagnosis of orofacial clefts. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial J. 2008:45(2):148–153; doi:10.1597/06-202.1[CrossRef][Medline]

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PICO

Question: Has the frequency of antenatal diagnosis of facial clefting increased since the early 1990s?

Question type: Descriptive

Study design: Retrospective cohort study

 

Researchers from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada performed a retrospective analysis to answer the question of whether antenatal diagnosis of facial clefting is more common now than it was in the 1990s when it was first reported.1

Taking advantage of several regional data bases, the group conducted a population-based study assessing the prevalence of cleft lip, cleft palate, and orofacial clefts with associated anomalies among infants born in Nova Scotia between 1992 and 2002. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Julia Corcoran, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL