Affiliation:
1. Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Advocate Children’s Hospital
2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
3. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences.
Abstract
Learning Objectives:
After studying this article, the participant should be able to: (1) Describe the pathology of velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) as it relates to patients with a cleft palate. (2) Use the perceptual speech assessment and objective diagnostic tools to determine the presence or absence of VPD. (3) Describe the surgical options available for the treatment of patients with VPD. (4) Develop an evidence-based, customized treatment plan for VPD founded on objective considerations.
Summary:
To treat patients with cleft palate effectively, the surgeon must understand the diagnosis and surgical management of cleft-associated velopharyngeal dysfunction. The authors review diagnostic modalities including perceptual speech assessment, video nasendoscopy, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, and nasometry. Surgical treatments including palatal lengthening with buccal myomucosal flaps, conversion Furlow palatoplasty, sphincter pharyngoplasty, and pharyngeal flap are discussed. Selection of an optimal surgical treatment is addressed.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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