Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate Flashcards
Cleft lip/palate epidemiology
2: 1,000 Asians
1: 1,000 Whites
0.5: 1,000 Black
2:1 Males:Females (CL/P only)
Left unilateral CL/P is the most common
L/R/BL: 6:3:1
Unilateral:Bilateral: 6:1
10% have associated syndrome
What is the most common craniofacial abnormality?
cleft lip with or without cleft palate
Embryologic cause of cleft lip
Failure of medial nasal processes to contact maxillary process
Lip formation at 4-7 weeks
Muscles, blood supply and innervation of the upper lip
Orbicularis oris, Levator labii superioris
Bilateral superior labial arteries
Motor CN VII (facial)
Sensory CN V2
Residual skin bridge spanning upper portion of the cleft lip
Simonart’s Band
What is the most subtle sign of an incomplete cleft?
Slight notch at the vermillion
Genetic factors:
No single gene
Isolated CP is different than CL or CL/P
Maternal age <20 or >39 increases incidence
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with 1 affected parent
3-5%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with 1 affected child
4%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with 2 affected children
9%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with 1 affected parent and 1 affected child
17%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with monozygotic twins
40-50%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with dizygotic twins
5%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with affected niece or nephew
1%
Familial recurrence Risk CL or CL/P with affected cousin
0.5%
Environmental risk factors for CL/P
Phenytoin (10x) Anticonvulsants increases risk of CL Smoking increases risk for CL/P Folic acid prevents CL/P Maternal corticosteroid use CL/P and CP High altitudes CL/P
Timing for intervention
CL repair, ear tubes, tip rhino - 3 mo Palate, T tube - 9-18 mo Speech eval - 3-4 yr VPI workup and surgery - 4-6yr Alveolar bone grafting - 9-11yr Nasal recon - 12-18yr Orthognathic surgery - Completion of mandibular growth (>16y)
Pre-lip repair intervention techniques for CL
Nasoalveolar molding
Lip adhesion
Gingivoperiosteoplasty
Whistling deformity
central vermillion deformity, more common in B/l lip repair, presents as notching or inadequate vermillion with exposure of the central incisors in repose, tx with V-Y or Abbe
Short lip
more frequent after Millard repair
Can be corrected with rerotation/advancement or V-Y advancement from nostril sill
Long Lip
more frequent after LeMesurier or triangular flap repair, requires full thickness excision below nostril sill
Widened lip scar
May be evidence of inadequate orbicularis continuity
Lip landmark abnormalities
may be corrected with elliptical excision or Z plasty
Timing for correction of secondary deformities
After cessation of facial growth
Primary Palate
- lip, nostril sill and hard palate ANTERIOR to incisive foramen
- formed by medial and lateral prominences (frontonasal) fusion with maxillary prominence
Secondary Palate
- hard palate POSTERIOR to the incisive foramen and the soft palate
- lateral palatal processes rotate from vertical to horizontal positions
CL/P thought to be a result of
failure of mesodermal penetration
CP only is thought to be the result of
failure of epithelial fusion
____lateral process becomes horizontal first, increasing risk of palate on the opposite side
Right; clefts are more common on the left
Which muscle of the velum is not innervated by the pharyngeal plexus and what is its innervation?
- Tensor veli palatini; opens eustachian tube
- Innervated by CN V
- Pharyngeal plexus is CN IX, CN X and contributions from CN XI)
Epidemiology of CL/P
1:750 live births 46% CL/P, 33% CPO, 21% CL Bifid uvula 2% of the population M/F CL/P: 2:1 M/F CPO: 1:2
Familial risk for recurrence for CPO with one affected child
2%
Familial risk for recurrence for CPO with family history and one affected child
7%
Familial risk for recurrence for CPO with one affected parent
6%
Familial risk for recurrence for CPO with affected parent and one affected child
15%
Most common associated anomaly with non-syndromic cleft palate
Robin Sequence:
Micrognathia/retrognathia, glossoptosis, and airway obstruction
CP is common, but not essential (usually wide and U shaped)
25% of syndromic CP
AD
Mutation for type 2 collagen
RS, ocular malformations, hearing loss and arthropathies
Stickler Syndrome
15% of syndromic CP AD with variable expression 22q11 "Catch 22" deletion Diagnosis with FISH Cardiovascular abnormalities, abnormal facies, developmental delay, hypocalcemia, hypotonia Higher risk of VPI
DiGeorge/Velocardiofacial/Shprintzen’s Syndrome
19% of syndromic CL/P CPO AD with 70-100% penetrance CL/P or CP Lower lip pits IRF6 gene Name the syndrome and risk of CL/P in child
Van der Woude syndrome
50%
Middle ear function in CP
Incidence of otitis media is 97%
Hearing loss 50%
Early tubes improve hearing/speech outcomes
Acute Post-op Complications for CP repair
Airway compromise Bleeding (digital pressure and intranasal oxymetazoline, operative exploration) Prolonged hospitalization Dehydration Death (0.5%)
Chronic post-op complications for CP repair
Palatal fistula (5-60%, most at soft-hard junction)
VPI
Malocclusion
Midface hypoplasia
If the greater palatine artery pedicle is accidentally divided when performing a unipedicled palatal flap repair, then the flap usually survives off _____
posteriolateral supply from the lesser palatine, ascending pharyngeal, and ascending palatine arteries