Posterior pharyngeal tattooing: localising the implant in velopharyngeal incompetence.
A technique of preoperative localisation of pharyngeal wall implants for velopharyngeal incompetence is described. The nasal approach in the non-sedated patient permits precise and permanent posterior pharyngeal wall tattooing for accurate implant location.
Harries
R H
RH
Australian Craniofacial Unit, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Australia.
Moore
M H
MH
Bagnall
A D
AD
David
D J
DJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013653:Tattooing; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*