Anil Kumar Desai

Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SDM College of Dental Sciences, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    Should Haemoglobin be Considered a Criterion for Case Selection in Palatoplasty? - A Prospective Study Report
    Author(s): Pratiksha Shetty*, Nikhil S Shetty and Anil Kumar Desai

    Aim The study aimed to find a correlation between the haemoglobin (Hb) and packed cell volume (PCV) levels during the pre and post Palatoplasty in patients with cleft palate and the fistula occurrence after the Palatoplasty surgery. Methods A prospective study was conducted on 50 patients with unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate (UCLAP) bilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate (BCLAP), isolated cleft palate (CP) who reported to the Craniofacial unit for Palatoplasty. Hb & PCV levels evaluated pre and post Palatoplasty were correlated with the occurrence of post-surgical fistula. Results The patients with fistula present (FP) and fistula absent (FA) after Palatoplasty were compared with respect to pre-operative and post-operative Hb. The pre-op p-value=0.5944 & post-op p-value=0.. Read More»

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