Table 1 Population data
| Â | n (%) |
|---|---|
Patients (total) | 202 |
Gender | |
Female | 84 (41.6%) |
Male | 118 (58.4%) |
Median age at time of surgery | 10.6Â years |
Mean age at time of surgery | 12.4Â years |
Mean postoperative time | |
Perceptual assessment | 20.2 mo |
Nasometry | 15.2 mo |
Procedure | |
Pharyngeal flap | 121 (59.9%) |
Furlow palatoplasty | 72 (35.6%) |
Sphincter pharyngoplasty | 9 (4.5%) |
Cleft status | |
Cleft | 101 (50.0%) |
SMCP | 44 (21.8%) |
Noncleft | 57 (28.2%) |
Syndromes | |
Syndromic | 59 (29.2%) |
VCFS/Di George | 16 (7.9%) |
Pierre Robin sequence | 13 (6.4%) |
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 | 5 (2.5%) |
Kleinfelter syndrome | 5 (2.0%) |
Syndrome NYD | 7 (3.5%) |
Other syndromes | 14 (6.9%) |
Cleft/syndrome subgroups | |
Noncleft, nonsyndromic | 28 (13.9%) |
Isolated syndrome | 29 (14.4%) |
Isolated cleft | 115 (56.9%) |
Cleft, syndromic | 30 (14.9%) |