[The investigation of behavior problem with secondary deformity of cleft lip]

Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijiing 100041, China.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the behaviors of the children suffered from the secondary deformity after the repair of the cleft lip. METHODS: With the application of the PCPI, eighty patients with the secondary deformity after the repair of the cleft lip were selected in this study and 134 normal children was used for the control. RESULTS: In the age between 6 and 11 years, there were no significant difference of the behaviors between the children suffered from secondary deformity of cleft lip and the normal children,but in the age from 12 to 16, the children with the deformity showed more behavior problems with the social withdraw and the poor social relationships, compared with the normal children. CONCLUSION: The children with the secondary deformity after cleft lip repair in adolescence could have the tendency to suffer from the behavior problems, especially showing the social withdraw and the poor social relationships.

PMID: 15449619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]