Original article
English
Aziza FT. El Darrat, B.S. Gupta, Randa F. El Abedia
Department of Family& Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al —Arab Medical University, Benghazi.
Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 17, No. 1-2. January/July l994:.36 -42
Abstract
A five years (1984—88) study of cleft lip, with or without cleft palate, malformation was conducted based on the records of the maternal unit and neonatal unit of “Al Jamahiriya” hospital, Benghazi. A total of 22 cases of cleft were noted among 76, 406 live Libyan births during the study period, giving in incidence of one in 3,473 live births among infants of Benghazi (Libya), which is low when compared with other studies. The most frequent type of cleft in this study was bilateral and median cleft lip and palate. A common associated congenital malformation was facial anomaly. A high proportion of cleft cases was observed at a young maternal age, between gravida 1—3 and in infants of maternal blood group 0+ and also in low birth weight (2, 500 gms) and preterm (37 weeks) babies.
Keywords: Incidence and Pattern of Cleft Lip and Palate in Benghazi (G.S.P.L.A.J) : A Five Year Retrospective Study (1984 – 1988)
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