Relação entre os sinais clínicos da fissura de palato submucosa e a sintomatologia específica: uma abordagem preventiva. / Relationship between the clinical signs of submucous cleft palate and the specific symptomatology: a preventive approach.

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2002

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Objective: Point out the prevalence and anatomic functional findings of submucous cleft palate (SCP) with surgical indication in relation to the symptomatic aspect by giving importance to diagnosis and follow-up of patients evolution in a preventive approach. Pattern: Prospective study, haphazard samples. Setting: Rehabilitation Hospital of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil. Subjects: Fifty patients with submucous cleft palate (SCP) with no other complications and seven patients with alterations only in the uvula, all of them ranging in age from 1 year 8 months to 3 years 10 months. Main Outcome Measures: Assessment and description on the presence of specific clinical signs of SCP and the association with symptomatology. Interventions: Evaluation of articulatory aspects and clinical examination. Results: As for the clinical signs 25 patients (50%) were identified with the classic triad and 25 (50%) with 1 or 2 clinical signs. Out of 50 cases of SCP, 10 (20%) were symptomatic and 40 (80%) asymptomatic. There was an association between the presence of classic triad and symptomatology (p=0,011). It was also observed a correlation of symptomatic cases and presence of a translucid area (p=0,005) as well as a notch (p=0,029). Hipernasality was present in 100% of symptomatic patients. Most of 41 patients with pre foramen cleft searched for treatment in the first months of life due to cleft lip and showed 7,3% of symptomatic cases. In contrast, 6 out of 9 patients with isolated SCP searched for treament very late due to speech complaints and 77,7% of this group were symptomatic. Conclusion: It is essential to improve knowledge of clinical signs and symptoms of SCP among professionals involved in health services so that the diagnosis and definition of procedures can take place in time.

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submucous cleft palate fissura de palato cleft palate fonoaudiologia preventiva fissura de palato submucosa preventive speech pathology

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