فراواني شكاف لب و كام در متولدين سال هاي 78-1374 بيمارستان يحيي نژاد بابل

Frequency of cleft lip and palate in newbornes of Yahyanejad Hospital in Babol, Iran

Objective(s): To determine the prevalence of cleft lip and palate in newborns of Yahyanejad Hospital in Babol during 1996- 2000. Material & Methods: This was a retrospective study on newborns case records. Results: In all 14036 case records have been studied. There werel l infants with cleft lip and/or palate. The frequency of clefts were 0.78:1000. There was not any significant relationship between sexes of the children, age of mothers, age of pregnancy and different kinds of cleft (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, Babol could be consider as a low prevalence of cleft lip and palate area.