Influence of surgeon's experience on speech outcome in cleft lip and palate.

Williams, A C; Sandy, J R; Thomas, S; Sell, D; Sterne, J A · Lancet · 1999

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Relation between the number of cases treated and outcome, particularly in low-incidence anomalies, are difficult to identify and rectify. We show clear advantages in speech outcomes for children born with a cleft lip and palate who are operated on by surgeons who do large numbers of these procedures.

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