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CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL
Volume 46, Issue 6, Pages 598-602Publisher
ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP DIVISION ALLEN PRESS
DOI: 10.1597/08-166.1
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cholesteatoma; chronic otitis media with effusion; cleft palate; hearing; ventilation tube
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Objective: To determine the influence of ventilation tubes (VTs) on the formation of cholesteatoma and hearing in operated cleft palate patients with chronic ear problems. Design: Retrospective 72-month follow-up of 116 operated cleft palate patients. Patients and Interventions: Demographic data, clinical examination, and hearing were evaluated. The patients were divided according to age and type of cleft and subdivided in a subgroup with (VT+) or without ventilation tube (VT-). Main Outcome Measures: The effect of ventilation tubes (VT) on the incidence of cholesteatoma formation and degree of hearing loss in operated cleft palate patients with chronic ear problems. Results: The overall incidence of cholesteatoma was 15.5% (VT+, 14.0%; VT-, 16.7%; not significant). Bilateral hearing loss of >20 dB remained in 14.0% of the VT+ patients and in 22.7% of the VT- patients (p < .05). Submucous cleft palate (SM CP) adults (n = 15) developed high rates of cholesteatoma and hearing loss of >20 dB (both 26.7%). Conclusions: Tube insertion had no influence on the development of cholesteatoma. Adults with submucous cleft palate especially require periodic otologic evaluation because they have Eustachian tube-related otologic disease and hearing loss at a higher rate than expected.
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