The Americleft Study: An Inter-Center Study of Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Part 1. Principles and Study Design

Objective The Americleft study is a North American initiative to undertake an intercenter outcome study for patients with repaired complete unilateral cleft lip and palate from five well-established North American cleft centers. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Five cleft palate centers in...

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Published in:The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal 2011-05, Vol.48 (3), p.239-243
Main Authors: Long, Ross E., Hathaway, Ronald, Daskalogiannakis, John, Mercado, Ana, Russell, Kathleen, Cohen, Marilyn, Semb, Gunvor, Shaw, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Birth defects
Child
Cleft Lip - epidemiology
Cleft Lip - surgery
Cleft Palate - epidemiology
Cleft Palate - surgery
Deformities
Dentistry
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
North America - epidemiology
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Research Design
Retrospective Studies
Studies
Surgical outcomes
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Summary:Objective The Americleft study is a North American initiative to undertake an intercenter outcome study for patients with repaired complete unilateral cleft lip and palate from five well-established North American cleft centers. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Five cleft palate centers in North America. Methods This is the first paper in a series of five that outlines the overall goals of the study and sets the basis for the clinical outcome studies that are reported in the following four papers. The five centers’ samples and treatment protocols as well as the methods used for each study are reported. The challenges encountered and possible mechanisms to resolve them and reduce methodological error with intercenter studies are also reviewed.
ISSN:1055-6656
1545-1569
DOI:10.1597/09-180.1