Velopharyngeal Morphology of Patients with Persistent Velopharyngeal Incompetence Following Repushback Surgery for Cleft Palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 612-617

  Nakamura, Norifumi ^a   Ogata, Yuko ^b   Kunimitsu, Kyoko ^b   Suzuki, Akira ^a   Sasaguri, Masaaki ^a   Ohishi, Masamichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cephalometrics; Cleft palate; Craniofacial morphology; Repushback surgery; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; MORPHOLOGY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAXILLA; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; SKULL BASE; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0242509879     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2003)040<0612:VMOPWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. D'Antonio LL, Eichenberg BJ, Zimmerman GJ, Patel S, Riski JE, Herber SC, Hardesty RA. Radiographic and aerodynamic measures of velopharyngeal anatomy and function following Furlow Z-plasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000; 106:539-549.
2. Marrinan EM, LaBrie RA, Mulliken JB. Velopharyngeal function in nonsyndromic cleft palate: relevance of surgical technique, age at repair, and cleft type. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1998;35:95-100.
3. Mazaheri M, Athanasiou A, Long RE Jr. Comparison of velopharyngeal growth patterns between cleft lip and/or palate patients requiring or not requiring pharyngeal flap surgery. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1994;31:452-460.
4. Mazaheri M, Krogman WM, Harding RL, Millard RT, Mehta S. Longitudinal analysis of growth of the soft palate and nasopharynx from six months to six years. Cleft Palate J. 1977;14:52-62.
5. Millard DR Jr. Cleft Craft. The Evolution of Its Surgery III. Alveolar and Palatal Deformities. Boston: Little, Brown and Co.; 1980:419-448.
6. Morris HL. Velopharyngeal competence and primary cleft palate surgery. 1960-1971: a critical review. Cleft Palate J. 1973;10:62-71.
7. Morris HL, Bardach J, Christiansen JL, Gray SC. Clinical results of pharyngeal flap surgery: the Iowa experience. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995;95:652-662.
8. Nakamura N, Ogata Y, Sasaguri M, Suzuki A, Kikuta R, Ohishi M. Aerodynamic and cephalometric analysis of velopharyngeal structure and function following repushback surgery for secondary correction in cleft palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2003;40:46-53.
9. Ross RB. Treatment variables affecting facial growth in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. Part 1: treatment affecting growth. Cleft Palate J. 1987; 24:5-23.
10. Sloan GM. Posterior pharyngeal flap and sphincter pharyngoplasty: the state of the art. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2000;37:112-122.
11. Sommerlad BC, Henley M, Birch M, Harland K, Moiemen N, Boorman JG. Cleft palate re-repair - a clinical and radiographic study of 32 consecutive cases. Br J Plast Surg. 1994;47:406-410.
12. Subtelny JD. A cephalometric study of the growth of the soft palate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1957;19:49-62.
13. Subtelny JD, Van Hattum RJ, Myers BB. Ratings and measures of cleft palate speech. Cleft Palate J. 1972;9:18-27.
14. Wada, T, Satoh K, Tachimura T, Tatsuta U. Comparison of nasopharyngeal growth between patients with cleft and noncleft controls. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1997;34:405-409.
15. Wu J T-H, Huang G-F, Huang CS, Noordhoff MS. Nasopharygoscopic evaluation and cephalometric analysis of velopharynx in normal and cleft palate patients. Ann Plast Surg. 1996;36:117-123.