The Importance of Multidisciplinary Management during Prenatal Care for Cleft Lip and Palate
Archives of Plastic Surgery
; : 153-159, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The prenatal ultrasound detection of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) and its continuous management in the prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal periods using a multidisciplinary team approach can be beneficial for parents and their infants. In this report, we share our experiences with the prenatal detection of CL/P and the multidisciplinary management of this malformation in our institution's Congenital Disease Center.METHODS:
The multidisciplinary team of the Congenital Disease Center for mothers of children with CL/P is composed of obstetricians, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, pediatricians, and psychiatrists. A total of 11 fetuses were diagnosed with CL/P from March 2009 to December 2013, and their mothers were referred to the Congenital Disease Center of our hospital. When CL/P is suspected in the prenatal ultrasound screening examination, the pregnant woman is referred to our center for further evaluation.RESULTS:
The abortion rate was 28% (3/11). The concordance rate of the sonographic and final diagnoses was 100%. Ten women (91%) reported that they were satisfied with the multidisciplinary management in our center.CONCLUSIONS:
Although a child with a birth defect is unlikely to be received well, the women whose fetuses were diagnosed with CL/P on prenatal ultrasound screening and who underwent multidisciplinary team management were more likely to decide to continue their pregnancy.Key words
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Main subject:
Palate
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Parents
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Plastics
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Prenatal Care
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Psychiatry
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Mass Screening
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Ultrasonography
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Cleft Lip
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Cleft Palate
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Archives of Plastic Surgery
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article