Prevalence of STB in Patients with and without CLP in the Mexican Population
Abstract:
Objective: To determine the prevalence of STB in lateral skull radiographs of patients with and without cleft lip and palate in a Mexican population.
Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 70 radiographs of patients aged 9 to 25 years taken between 2010 and 2019 with cleft lip and palate, and 70 radiographs of patients without cleft lip and palate taken on the same dates at the Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic (CLAYPA). Lateral skull radiographs were used, which were traced on a light box using an ultrafine tip 0.3 mm marker on letter-size acetate sheets of 216 mm x 279 mm. The sella turcica of all patients was measured using different points to determine the length and diameter of the sella, using an Ortho Organizer brand protractor ruler. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to observe the association between variables where p = 0.000.
Results: High correlations of STB type III were observed in patients with CLP and, in men, and STB type II is more common in patients without CLP in women, while at the same time, we see that patients with CLP have a reduced sella length compared to those who do not have CLP.
Conclusions: We see how STB is related to patients with CLP. Comparing this study with previous research described, it can be observed that most used different study groups; however, many of the data obtained do not differ much from the results of this study
