Timing of Cleft Palate Repair in Patients With and Without Robin Sequence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This cohort study aimed to assess how age at repair affects outcomes in nonsyndromic patients with and without Robin Sequence using a national database of commercial healthcare claims.

Methods

Children under 4 years of age undergoing palatoplasty were identified in the IBM MarketScan Commercial Database based on ICD-9-CM and CPT procedure codes. They were divided into Robin and non-Robin cleft palate groups, and further divided by time of initial cleft palate repair: Robin Sequence into 2 groups: age ≤10 months or >10 months; non-Robin cleft palate into 3 groups: age ≤10 months, >10-14 months, or >14 months age. Time to cleft palate revision within each group was assessed using Cox proportional-hazard models.

Results

A total of 261 patients with Robin Seque

SUBMITTER: Skolnick GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8680105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature