Reporte de casos de niños (as) con paladar fisurado, atendidos en el Hospital Universitario del Valle entre 1996 y 2001

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the cases of childrens with cleft palate attended in the Del Valle University Hospital (H. U. V) bettween January 1st 1996 and December 31'/ 2001 periol. This researchfocused on gender, mother 's age and partnership with different kind 01 associated malformations. The information was obtained trough available data at the H. U. V, like medical histories, perinatal and dental registers. The isolated clefts palate were 19.7% of cases of childrens with orofacial clefts tended in H. U. V between 1996 and 2001. The female was the most affected gender while the Pierre Robin Sequence was the associated malformation predominant. There were no significant results respect to mother's age.