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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 18, No. 1, 2013, pp. 78-83
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Bioline Code: js13010
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2013, pp. 78-83
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Incidence of Cleft Deformities among Neonates in Mulago National Referral hospital, Uganda
Kalanzi, E.; Mengiste, A. & Katamba, A.
Abstract
Background:
Cleft deformities (lip and palate) have been reported to be the most common
congenital craniofacial anomaly in several settings. In Uganda, though two previous
studies were conducted to determine the incidence of cleft lip and palate, the estimates
obtained from those studies may not be precise given the study settings. This study was
undertaken to establish the incidence of cleft deformities and provide data to plan for
better management of these deformities. The Setting was the labour wards at Mulago
National Referral Hospital, Kampala Uganda. The main objective of this study was to
determine the incidence of cleft deformities (lip and palate) among neonates born between
February 2008 and February 2009
Methods:
Cross-sectional study of all neonates who were born in Mulago Hospital. We
examined all new born children and determined the presence or absence of cleft lip
and/palate. Socio-demographic data and risk factors such as smoking, alcohol
consumption, infections and exposure to drugs such as anti-convulsants and steroids were
collected.
Results:
Among twelve thousands seven hundred and thirteen neonates born in Mulago
hospital between February 2008 and February 2009, seventeen neonates presented with
cleft lip with or without cleft palate: this gives an incidence of 1.34 per 1000 newborns or
134 in 100,000 newborns.
Conclusion:
The incidence of neonatal cleft deformities seems to lie between what was
previously reported in 1961 and 1996 in Uganda.
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