One of the known complications of cleft palate surgery is development of fistula.\nThis study highlights our experience with cleft palate surgery in relation\nto fistula occurrence at our center. This is one of the first studies of this kind\nin Oman. We retrospectively reviewed 362 records of cleft palate patients. The\nmost common technique used for cleft palate repair at our center was Veau-\nWardill-Kilner technique. In our series we have noticed palatal fistulae in 32%\nof cases. This high rate is partially due to inclusion of very anterior fistulas in\npatients with complete cleft lips and palates, which actually represent part of\nthe alveolar cleft rather than breakdown of the palatal repair. This will be\nclosed during time of alveolar bone grafting at a later stage. We recommend a\nfuture prospective controlled study to study the factors that lower the incidence\nof fistula in our population.
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