The re-do pharyngeal flap.
Twelve patients with persistent hypernasal speech after a previous pharyngeal flap operation had a second pharyngeal flap operation performed by the high-attached technique. Six of them achieved complete or near complete correction of hypernasality in connected speech. Four showed speech improvement of a lesser degree. Two patients had no significant improvement.
D000328:Adult; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010614:Pharynx / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology