Table 3: Vertical lip length of children with unilateral cleft lip and non-cleft children at the department of maxillofacial surgery of Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Shika-Zaria Nigeria.
Mean ± SD |
|
Pre-operative |
|
Cleft side |
9.23 ± 1.85a |
Non-cleft side |
10.05 ± 2.43b |
Non-cleft children |
12.68 ± 2.20c |
Immediate post-operative |
|
Cleft side |
11.18 ± 1.96a |
Non-cleft side |
11.20 ± 2.10a |
Non-cleft children |
12.80 ± 2.09b |
1 week post-operative |
|
Cleft side |
11.53 ± 2.17a |
Non-cleft side |
11.58 ± 2.10a |
4 weeks post-operative |
|
Cleft side |
11.81 ± 1.95a |
Non-cleft side |
11.85 ± 2.07a |
Mean ± SD with the different superscript letters in the same period differ significantly at p < 0.05.