Table 2: Nasal aperture width 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 |
13.70 ± 3.47a |
Non-cleft side |
9.00 ± 2.63b |
Non-cleft children |
10.59 ± 1.53c |
Immediate post-operative |
|
Cleft side |
8.13 ± 1.98a |
Non-cleft side |
8.16 ± 2.55a |
Non-cleft children |
10.58 ± 1.53b |
1 week post-operative |
|
Cleft side |
8.25±2.00a |
Non-cleft side |
8.21±1.94a |
4 weeks post-operative |
|
Cleft side |
8.58±1.97a |
Non-cleft side |
8.63±1.96a |
Mean ± SD with the different superscript letters in the same period differ significantly at p < 0.05.