[Evaluation of velopharyngeal function using an aerophonoscope before and after surgery for snoring].
Following surgery for snoring, regardless of the technique used, velopharyngeal insufficiency remains an infrequent but disabling complication. In an attempt to assess the risk of velopharyngeal insufficiency, we used a new, simple, rapid, and noninvasive method of evaluating palatal function, the aerophonoscope. Pre and postoperative aerophonoscopic studies were carried out in 25 chronic snores undergoing a single step uvulopalatoplasty with a laser under local anesthesia. The aerophonoscope revealed signs of palatal dysfunction in 2 patients (8%) preceding surgery and confirmed the absence of palatal dysfunction in all patients following our technique of uvulopalatoplasty. We also present the aerophonoscopic findings in 3 patients with nasopharyngeal stenosis and 2 patients with velopharyngeal insufficiency following surgery for snoring.
Huet
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Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes.
Sene
J M
JM
Rineau
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G
Mercier
J
J
Legent
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F
Beauvillain
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C
D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012913:Snoring / Q000601:surgery*; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
Evaluation de la fonction vélopharyngée par l'aérophonoscope avant et après chirurgie du ronflement.