Author(s)

Saliou Adam^1,2*, Hamza Dolès Sama³, Winga Foma², Haréfétéguéna Bissa^1,2, Palakina Agoda⁴, Bina Béténora¹, Essobozou Plaoudézina Pegbessou⁵, Bathokédéou Amana², Essohanam Boko⁵, Mohaman Awalou Djibril⁶, Eyawèlohn Kpemissi²

¹Department of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery at Sylvanus Olympio University Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
²Department of ENT at Sylvanus Olympio University Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
³Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Sylvanus Olympio University, Lomé, Togo.
⁴Department of Stomatology at Campus University Teaching Hospital of Lomé Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
⁵Department of ENT at Campus University Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
⁶Military Medical Department at Sylvanus Olympio University Teaching Hospital of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.

Introduction: The management of nasolabial-palatal clefts in precarious environments is one of the topics most addressed by many humanitarian missions, especially in Africa and Asia. The aim of our study was to propose a humanitarian and not expensive care to the patients presenting with facial clefts during the fairgrounds in disadvantaged areas. Patients and Method: We carried out a prospective study on 32 patients who were operated with very limited means during the mobile clinics inside Togo during the year 2013. These patients were followed over a period of one year after their surgery. Included in our series were native patients with facial clefts, who had no means of managing their condition, and who therefore needed humanitarian support. We have reported the clinical history of some patients to illustrate our results. Results: Our study included 32 children, including 15 boys and 17 girls, with a sex ratio of around 1. The average age of patients was 5 years, with extremes of 6 months and 13 years. We performed 13 clefts (including 12 unilateral clefts and 1 bilateral cleft), 17 clefts palate (including 12 unilateral clefts and 5 bilateral clefts), and 2 velar clefts. We described the clinical history of a few patients in this humanitarian setting and showed the surgical results obtained.

Nasolabial-Palatal Clefts, Humanitarian Care, Togo

Adam, S. , Sama, H. , Foma, W. , Bissa, H. , Agoda, P. , Béténora, B. , Pegbessou, E. , Amana, B. , Boko, E. , Djibril, M. and Kpemissi, E. (2021) Naso-Labio-Palatine Clefts: Humanitarian Care in Togo. Open Journal of Stomatology, 11, 411-421. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2021.1110036.