Treatment of congenital cleft lip in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Keywords:
Congenital cleft lip, cleft lip and palate, complete right unilateral cleft, Millard II methodAbstract
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 76 patients carriers of cleft lip andpalate in the office of Maxillofacial Surgery of San Paulos General Specialized Hospital in the city
of Addis Adaba, during the rendering of internationalist health care services. 60.5 % of the
patients were males. A great percentage of these patients (26.3; 22.4 y 17.1 %) exceeded the
golden age to receive the appropriate treatment of their deformities. The complete right
unilateral cleft (47.1 %) prevailed over the other types of clefts. 82.9 % of the patients
underwent repairing according to Millard I method. Satisfactory results were attained in 88.9 %
of the cases.
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