A modified procedure for velopharyngeal sphincteroplasty in primary cleft palate repair and secondary velopharyngeal incompetence treatment and its preliminary results

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 817-825

  Cheng, Ningxin ^a   Zhao, Min ^b   Qi, Kemin ^b   Deng, Hui ^a   Fang, Zeng ^b   Song, Ruyao ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Nasendoscopy; Primary palatoplasty; Secondary velopharyngeal incompetence; Speech evaluation; Sphincter pharyngoplasty; Velopharyngeal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUSCLE FLAP; NOSE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPHINCTER; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; Z PLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33746255032     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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