title: Cleft palate repair by Furlow double-reversing Z-plasty: first speech results at the age of 6 years.
abstract: The authors evaluated the first 15 six-year-old children operated on for cleft palate using double-reversing Z-plasty. Examination by a surgeon did not reveal a higher morbidity as a results of the new surgical method. Examination by a phoniatrist provided evidence of marked improvement of speech functions as compared with the previous von Langenbeck method. The results are preliminary, based on a small group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, St. Ann Hospital, School of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vokurková
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mrázek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Výska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peslová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veselý
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D013060:Speech; D016896:Treatment Outcome