DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2019.5.8.6

Pages: 334-338

Introduction: The severity of cleft lip and palate depends on the extent of the malformation, alveolar bone involvement and association with other severe malformations (cardiac, craniofacial, upper limb and lower limb). etc. The purpose of this work is the overall assessment of the management of cleft lip and palate in Mali at the MotherChild Hospital "Luxembourg" between October 2001 and September 2012 in a context of humanitarian surgery. Material and method: This is a retrospective and prospective study over a period of 11 years (October 2010 and September 2012) involving 435 cases of cleft lip and palate collected at the maxillofacial surgery department of the Mother- Childt Hospital. "Luxembourg" of Bamako. Result: The age of our patients varies from 4 months to 80 years; with an average age of 64.86 months and a standard deviation of 77.84. The unilateral cleft lip was the most common anatomical form (316 cases), all our patients experiencing surgery. The Tennisson technique was performed in 235 cases within 5 days. We observed 8 cases of labial disunion, 4 cases of palatal fistula; no case of death was recorded during the period of our study. Conclusion: Nowadays Palate clefts are common congenital malformations and can be isolated or associated with other abnormalities, its catch is multidisciplinary, which extends from birth to the end of adolescence, several surgical techniques to correct this disfigurement of the face.