Cephalometric study of facial growth in children after combined pushback and pharyngeal flap operations.
Linear and angular cephalometric measurements of children who had had combined palatal pushbacks and superiorly-based pharyngeal flaps do not show later growth retardation of the face. There was an inherent tendency for children with overt clefts of the secondary palate, classic submucous clefts, or occult submucous clefts to demonstrate pre-operatively a narrow SNA and SNB--but the difference between these angles (ANB) was normal.
D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery