Effect of Orthognathic Surgery on Breathing in Patients with Cleft lip and Palate: 20-Year Experience at a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil.
Déborah Rocha SeixasInge Elly Kiemle TrindadeRenata Paciello YamashitaAndressa Sharllene Carneiro da SilvaBruna Mara Adorno Marmontel AraújoSergio Éberson da Silva MaiaAna Paula FukushiroPublished in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2022)
Nasal dimensions and breathing symptoms were improved by OS when combined with turbinectomy. Comparing the results of patients operated on between two different decades, patients had more favorable conditions for breathing in the most recent decade of care. However, this was not statistically correlated with the improvement in patient symptoms in this study.