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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 268-270 |
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The cleft Q as an outcome measure after palatoplasty
Afieharo I Michael1, Adenike Adeola Olusanya2
1 Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Afieharo I Michael
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/ajps.ajps_115_21
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The Cleft Q, a patient-reported outcome measure, has been adopted by the International Consortium for Health Outcome measurement as a valid tool for the measurement of outcomes following intervention on a patient with a cleft. It is scarcely used in sub-Saharan Africa. We report our first experience with the Cleft Q in measuring the outcomes following palatoplasty in an African adult female with a Veau type II defect. The Cleft Q was able to demonstrate improved scores across all domains measured. There is however a need for further validation of the Cleft Q in our setting.
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