Diagnosis and management of velopharyngeal insufficiency following cleft palate repair

Diagnosis and management of velopharyngeal insufficiency following cleft palate repair

Background: Cleft lip and palate repair seeks to restore normal form, improve feeding and achieve normal speech, which requires velopharyngeal competence. The absence of this ability, termed velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), is seen in a wide range of patients following primary cleft palate repair...

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Main Authors: Michael S Gart, Arun K Gosain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
Subjects:
velopharyngeal incompetence
velopharyngeal insufficiency
velopharynx
veloplasty
Online Access:http://www.jclpca.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2125;year=2014;volume=1;issue=1;spage=4;epage=10;aulast=Gart

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