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Use of Computer Aided Design and 3D Printing for Anesthesiology Management in a Pediatric Patient With Cleft Facial Defect
Led by Brno University Hospital · Updated on 2025-11-17
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Participants Needed
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Research Sites
282 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Brno University Hospital
Lead Sponsor
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Brno University of Technology
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Congenital malformations of the orofacial area are the most common congenital malformations in children with an incidence of 1.8 children with orofacial cleft per 1000 healthy births in the Czech Republic. The care of children with cleft facial defects is multidisciplinary, centralized and takes place from birth to adulthood. At the University Hospital Brno, the treatment for patients with orofacial cleft is provided by the Cleft Center (CC) of the University Hospital Brno. The main specialties that form the basis of CC include plastic surgery, pediatric anesthesiology and neonatology. Patients with facial cleft defects are divided into 2 main groups based on the embryological causes of clefts: 1/ patients with cleft lip, jaw with or without cleft palate (total cleft) and 2/ patients with isolated cleft soft and hard palate. Anesthesia in children with orofacial clefts is specific not only to the age of the patients, but mainly to the cleft itself. Anesthesiology management, and especially intubation of these patients, are often difficult due to the nature of the defect with high incidence of complications such as difficult airway, desaturation, laryngospasm or bradycardia. In addition, tissue damage including soft tissue of the lip, alveolar arch, palate and nasal septum as well as skeleton of the premaxilla and nasal septum during intubation is seen in approximately 90% of patients. To facilitate intubation, improve anesthesiology management and safety of pediatric patients with orofacial cleft, we will develop an individualized protective tray from a silicone material, that will be used during intubation to cover the defect of the alveolar arch and palate. A mold for casting of a protective tray, will be created on a 3D printer on bases of 3D scan. Use of the protective tray would facilitate intubation, decrease anesthesiologic complications and protect soft and hard tissues of the cleft palate and upper jaw during intubation.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Use of Computer Aided Design and 3D Printing for Anesthesiology Management in a Pediatric Patient With Cleft Facial Defect
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pediatric patients with unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and alveolus (U/BCLA) or unilateral or bilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate (total cleft; U/BCLAP) who underwent primary lip reconstruction within 0-3 months of age
- Pediatric patients with isolated cleft palate (ICP) and patients with unilateral or bilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate (U/BCLAP) who underwent primary cleft reconstruction between 6 and 18 months of age
You will not qualify if you...
- Unilateral or bilateral cleft lip without cleft alveolus
- Patients with genetically confirmed syndrome disability
- Orofacial cleft patients with associated congenital malformations that may affect the course of anesthesia (atresia of the choanae)
- Patients with atypical clefts of the face
- Patients with CLA, CLAP, ICP who underwent primary cleft lip reconstruction later than at 3 months of age
- Patients with CLAP and ICP who underwent primary cleft reconstruction later than at 18 months of age
- Patients with submucous cleft palate
- Patients with airways secured preoperatively
- Patients on artificial lung ventilation
- Patients with coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia/thrombocytopathy
- Patients at risk of malignant hyperthermia
- Patients without consent of legal representatives to the research project
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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University hospital Brno
Brno, Jihomoravská Kraj, Czechia, 62500
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Michaela Richtorvá, MD.
CONTACT
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Olga Košková, MD., Ph.D.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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