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Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
ISSN: 0970-0358 EISSN: 0970-0358
Vol. 42, No. S1, 2009, pp. 184-191
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Bioline Code: pl09094
Full paper language: English
Document type: Special Article
Document available free of charge
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Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 42, No. S1, 2009, pp. 184-191
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A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu
Sridhar, K.
Abstract
An extensive community-based survey of visible congenital defects covering 12.8 million children in rural Tamil Nadu state was conducted during the years 2004-05. A door-to-door survey was done utilizing the existing health care delivery system. More than 10,000 village health nurses were involved to collect the data. All children between the ages of 0 and 15 years were seen.
The children with defects were seen by a medical officer and diagnosis was made as per chart. A total of 1.30% of children were born with some visible anomalies. The male:female ratio was 1.3:1.
There was a family history in 9% and consanguinity in 32%. More than 5% mothers had taken some medication in the first trimester of pregnancy out of which anti-convulsants were 3.4%.
Facial clefts showed a lower incidence of 1 in 1976 live births with peak incidence between March and June. Cleft palate alone showed a higher percentage (30%) than other studies.
Keywords
Cleft lip; Cleft palate, Community survey; Epidemiology of facial cleft; Visible birth defects
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