The sphincter pharyngoplasty as a secondary procedure in cleft palates.
A method of pharyngoplasty based on the orticochea principle of using lateral pharyngeal flaps which contain the palaptopharyngeus muscle, is described. The results of this procedure, and its advantages over other methods, are presented.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013060:Speech; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*