Noncleft Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: Etiology and Need For Surgical Treatment

Noncleft Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: Etiology and Need For Surgical Treatment

Objective. Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) occurs frequently in cleft palate patients. VPI also occurs in patients without cleft palate, but little is known about this patient population and this presents a diagnostic dilemma. Our goal is to review the etiology of noncleft VPI and the surgical...

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Main Authors: Steven Goudy, Christopher Ingraham, John Canady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/296073

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