title: Comparison of palatal sensitivity after treatment of cleft palate by a supraperiosteal or mucoperiosteal flap.
abstract: We compared palatal sensitivity after push-back palatoplasty in patients operated on with a conventional mucoperiosteal flap and with a supraperiosteal flap. We studied 37 patients, whose mean age was 18 years (range 11-28), with unilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate who required palatoplasty at our clinic; 18 patients had a supraperiosteal, and 19 a mucoperiosteal flap. Thresholds of palatal sensitivity were measured with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. The mean values of thresholds of palatal sensitivity in patients who had a push-back palatoplasty were higher than those in a normal control group. The mean values for patients who had a supraperiosteal flap were significantly lower than those who had a mucoperiosteal flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1 West 16 Chuo-ku Sapporo 060-8543, Japan. noguchi@sapmed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Shizuyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Gen-iku
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Kohama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010159:Palate / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome