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Surgical Treatment for Palatoglossal Arch Cicatrix and Velopharyngeal Insufficiency After Adenotonsillectomy

Published:2019-01-17 Issue:9 Volume:56 Page:1253-1255
ISSN:1055-6656
Container-title:The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Author:

Gargano Francesco¹,Groblewski Jan C.²,Taylor Helena O.³⁴,Austin Paul⁵,Sullivan Stephen R.³⁴

Affiliation:

1. The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction at The Plastic Surgery Center, Shrewsbury, NJ, USA

2. Division of Otolaryngology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

3. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA

4. Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

5. Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Center, Lifespan Rehabilitation, Providence, RI, USA

Abstract

Postadenotonsillectomy velopharyngeal incompetence/insufficiency/dysfunction (VPI) is an uncommon but potentially surgically challenging problem. We report a child without cleft palate who developed severe palatoglossal arch cicatrix and VPI after adenotonsillectomy, and describe bilateral palatoglossal arch z-plasty to restore palatal function and speech.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Otorhinolaryngology,Oral Surgery

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1055665618823914

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