| Abstract:Objective To evaluate the correlation between malnutrition and postoperative complications in children with cleft lip and palate. Methods The clinical data of 568 children with cleft lip and palate admitted to Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from February 2014 to June 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. According to whether there was wound dehiscence or fistula after operation, they were divided into complication group (56 cases) and non–complication group (512 cases). The clinical data were collected, including acute nutritional status, chronic nutritional status, sex, age, height, weight, type of cleft lip and palate, operation time, feeding method, antibiotic use or not, and education level of parents. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the related factors of postoperative complications in children with cleft lip and palate. Results Univariate Logistic analysis showed that there were no significant correlation between sex, age, height and weight and postoperative complications of children with cleft lip and palate (P>0.05), weight–for–age (WFA) score of acute malnutrition, height–for–age (HFA) score of chronic malnutrition, type of cleft lip and palate, operation time, feeding method, antibiotic use or not, education level of parents were correlated with postoperative complications of children with cleft lip and palate (P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that WFA score of acute malnutrition, HFA score of chronic malnutrition and operation time were all related to postoperative complications of children with cleft lip and palate (P<0.05). Conclusion Acute malnutrition, chronic malnutrition and operation time are all related to postoperative complications in children with cleft lip and palate. |
