Timing and Frequency of Lip, Palate and Bone Graft Surgeries in Saudi Cleft Patients

Keywords: Cleft, Lip, Palate, Patients, Repair, Surgeries, Saudi.<br>Abstract. The study sample consisted of 76 cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients. Age, gender, region of residency,<br>information related to the different types of CLP surgical repairs were investigated. The results showed that<br>patients' age range was 5-37, with an average of 16.2 ± 5.3 years. Males 61.8% were more than female 38.2%<br>(P=0.007). The majority 84.2% of patients were from the central region (P=0.000). The majority of lip repairs<br>74.4%, and palatal repairs 61.5% were performed within the professional recommended age of 3-6 months and 1-2<br>years respectively (P=0.000). The timing of alveolar bone graft showed a wide age variability. The majority 75.0%<br>of lip repairs was done once (P-0.000), 18.4% were done twice, and 1.3% were done three times. The majority<br>67.1% of palatal repairs were done at least twice. 43.3% were done once, 23.7% were done twice, 7.9% were done<br>three times and 2.6% were done four times. The majority (81.5%) of bone graft surgeries were done once<br>(P=0.000). Satisfaction of the surgical results with no need for further revisions were 65.8% for lip, 70.9% for<br>palatal and 86.8% for bone graft surgeries.