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Surgery for speech in cleft palate patients. 2004

Antonio Ysunza, and Maria Carmen Pamplona, and Fernando Molina, and Mónica Drucker, and Jacobo Felemovicius, and Elena Ramírez, and Carmeluza Patiño
Hospital Gea Gonzalez, 4800 Calzada Tlalpan, Mexico D.F. 14000, Mexico. amysunza@terra.com.mx

BACKGROUND Superiorly based pharyngeal flaps and sphincter pharyngoplasties are the two main possibilities for the surgical treatment of hypernasality in velopharyngeal dysfunction. Videonaspharyngoscopy and multi-view videofluoroscopy can provide anatomical and physiological data for planning these surgical procedures for correcting hypernasality. OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to assess the planning and outcome of pharyngeal flaps and sphincter pharyngoplasties for correcting velopharyngeal insufficiency. The surgical techniques were customized according to the findings of videonasopharyngoscopy and multiview videofluoroscopy. METHODS Seventy patients with repaired palate clefts and residual velopharyngeal dysfunction were studied. The patients were randomly divided into two groups. The first group received a pharyngeal flap. The second group received a sphincter pharyngoplasty. Both procedures were individually customized according to the findings of videonasopharyngoscopy and multi-view videofluoroscopy. RESULTS There was a non-significant difference (P >0.05) between the mean size of preoperative velopharyngeal closure gap between the two groups of patients (mean=27.5%; S.D.=7.7% versus mean=28.3%; S.D.=5.9%). Postoperatively, velopharyngeal dysfunction was completely corrected in 89% of the cases from group 1, and in 85% of the cases from group 2. There was a non-significant difference (P >0.05) between the success rate for correcting VPI in both groups of patients. CONCLUSIONS Pharyngeal flap and sphincter pharyngoplasty seem to be safe and reliable procedures for treating residual velopharyngeal dysfunction. Although not all the patients studied for this paper achieved complete closure after the surgical procedures, all of them showed a reduction of the size of the velopharyngeal closure defect. The planning of the surgical procedure, in order to match the postoperative structure to the preoperative velopharyngeal dimensions and movements visualized through Videonasopharyngoscopy and videofluoroscopy, seems to be the most important aspect of the surgery for correcting residual velopharyngeal dysfunction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D002972 Cleft Palate Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion. Cleft Palate, Isolated,Cleft Palates,Palate, Cleft,Palates, Cleft
D006761 Hospitals Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients. Hospital
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013064 Speech Disorders Acquired or developmental conditions marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or generate spoken forms of language. Aprosodia,Aprosodic Speech,Cluttering,Dysglossia,Dyslalia,Rhinolalia,Verbal Fluency Disorders,Aprosodias,Clutterings,Dysglossias,Dyslalias,Rhinolalias,Speech, Aprosodic,Verbal Fluency Disorder
D013524 Surgical Flaps Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region. Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D014681 Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech. Palatopharyngeal Incompetence,Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure,Velopharyngeal Incompetence,Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal,Incompetence, Velopharyngeal,Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal,Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes

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