Timing of Primary Surgery for Cleft Palate.
Carrol L GambleChristina PerssonElisabeth WilladsenLiz AlberyHelene Soegaard AndersenMelissa Zattoni AntoneliMalin AppelqvistRagnhild AuknerPia BodlingMelanie BowdenKarin BrunnegårdGillian CairnsSamantha CalladineLinsay CampbellJill Clayton-SmithRachael CooperElizabeth ConroyAhmed El-AngbawiBerit Kildegaard EmborgJosefin Enfält WikmanBeth FitzpatrickAna Paula FukushiroCristina Guedes de Azevedo Bento GonçalvesChristina HavstamAnne Katherine HvistendahlLine Dahl JorgensenKristina KlintoMarit Berntsen KvinnslandCatriona LarhamJorunn LemvikLouise LeturgieEva LiljerehnNatalie LodgeAnette LohmanderSiobhan McMahonFelicity MehendaleHaline Coracine MiguelMarianne MoeJoan Bogh NielsenJill NybergNina-Helen PedersenGinette PhippenSilvia Helena Alvarez Piazentin-PennaKathryn PatrickLindsay PliskinLucy RigbyGunvor SembLucy SouthbyMaria SporreAnn-Sofie Björkman TalemanJorid TangstadInge Elly Kiemle TrindadeImogen UnderwoodStephanie van EedenLiisi Raud WestbergPaula Ruth WilliamsonRenata Paciello YamashitaKevin MunroTanya WalshWilliam Shawnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2023)
Medically fit infants who underwent primary surgery for isolated cleft palate in adequately resourced settings at 6 months of age were less likely to have velopharyngeal insufficiency at the age of 5 years than those who had surgery at 12 months of age. (Funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; TOPS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00993551.).