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Table 1 Preoperative patient characteristics and observation of difficulty in securing the respiratory tract

From: Usefulness of Airway Scope for intubation of infants with cleft lip and palate–comparison with Macintosh laryngoscope: a randomized controlled trial

 

ML

   

AWS

   

p value

Degree of cleft and Region of fissure (n)

CL

 

CLP

 

CL

 

CLP

 

0.53

 

unilateral

bilateral

unilateral

bilateral

unilateral

bilateral

unilateral

bilateral

 
 

4

2

10

4

8

1

6

5

 

Sex: Male or Female (n)

male

 

female

 

male

 

female

 

0.25

 

12

 

8

 

15

 

5

  

Age (month)

5.8 ± 1.7

   

5.1 ± 1.2

   

0.22

Height (cm)

65.1 ± 3.0

   

64.8 ± 2.8

   

0.71

Weight (kg)

7.2 ± 0.8

   

7.1 ± 0.6

   

0.73

Megaloglossia or hyperplasia of palatine tonsil (n)

0

   

0

   

1

Interincisor Distance (mm)

31.0 ± 3.9

   

29.2 ± 7.3

   

0.34

limitation of cervical spine mobility (< 90°) (n)

0

   

0

   

1

Difficulty of mask ventilation (n)

0

   

0

   

1

  1. CL cleft lip, CLP cleft lip and palate
  2. The suspicious observation of difficulty in securing the respiratory tract or spreading the larynx, defined as megaloglossia, hyperplasia of palatine tonsil, trismus, limitation of cervical spine mobility, or difficulty of mask ventilation were not detected preoperatively