Clinical Study
The Use of Postoperative Restraints in Children after Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate Repair: A Preliminary Report
Table 1
Demographics of patients.
| | Study group | Male | Female | Age in months | Use of pacifier or thumb | Type of cleft |
| Lip repair
splints | 61.9% () | 38.1% () | mo,
SD = 4.22 mo | 90.5% () | CL-9 BCLP-3
UCLP-9 | Lip repair
no splints | 61.5% () | 38.5% () | mo,
SD = 2.36 mo | 69.2% () | CL-12 BCLP-3
UCLP-11 | Palate repair
splints | 52% () | 48% () | mo,
SD = 3.53 mo | 60% () | CP-14 BCLP-5
UCLP-6 | Palate repair
no splints | 63.6% () | 36.4% () | ,
SD = 4.05 mo | 72.7% () | CP-9 BCLP-14
UCLP-9 |
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