Multidisciplinary Optimal Outcomes Reporting and Team Clinic Retention in Isolated Nonsyndromic Cleft Palate

CONCLUSIONS: Optimal outcomes and retention in team clinic were not statistically significantly associated, but clinically relevant associations were found between patients in the most disadvantaged quartile of social vulnerability and their outcomes. A patient-centered approach, including caregiver education about long-term care for patients with cleft palate, would allow for enhanced resource utilization to improve retention for patients of concern.PMID:37801491 | DOI:10.1177/10556656231205974

Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - October 6, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Andrew D Linkugel Prerak B Trivedi Kaamya Varagur Gary B Skolnick Maithilee D Menezes Katherine A Dunsky Lynn M Grames Lauren C Locke Sybill D Naidoo Alison K Snyder-Warwick Kamlesh B Patel Source Type: research