Aplicação de mineração de dados para extração de conhecimento sobre ocorrência de fístulas após palatoplastia

Abstract

Introduction: Data mining techniques expand the access to information important to the decision-making process during healthcare. The objective the study proposes using data mining techniques to identify variables (surgical treatment protocols, patient characteristics, post-surgical complications) associated with the occurrence of fistulas after primary palatoplasty in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). Methods: A dataset of 222 patients with UCLP, without syndromes, operated by four ■ ABSTRACT