Elevated Infant Mortality Rate among Dutch Oral Cleft Cases:A Retrospective Analysis from 1997 to 2011

Objectives: First, to determine the infant mortality rate (IMR) for Dutch patients with isolated oral clefts (OC) as well as for patients with clefts seen in association with other malformations. Second, to conduct a similar analysis per cleft type: cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CP), CP (including Robin sequence). Third, to examine the underlying causes of death. Material and Methods: A retrospective review of the charts of patients with OC born in the period 1997–2011 and treated in three regional cleft centers in the Netherlands. Results: One thousand five hundred thirty patients w... Mehr ...