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.