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Quality of life of children treated for cleft lip and/or palate: A systematic review

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly. As a first step toward developing a quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for CLP patients, our team conducted a systematic literature review to identify studies that measured child- or proxy-reported outcomes of CLP. DESIGN: PUBMED, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO were searched from their inception to July 2010 to identify studies that measured …

Authors

Klassen AF; Tsangaris E; Forrest CR; Wong KWY; Pusic AL; Cano SJ; Syed I; Dua M; Kainth S; Johnson J

Journal

Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 547–557

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

5 2012

DOI

10.1016/j.bjps.2011.11.004

ISSN

1748-6815