Velopharyngeal insufficiency and its associated pathologies in cleft patients.
A daily contact with cleft patients affected by velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) of various types and origins has stimulated us to analyze the associated disorders participating in the achieved functional results. In our experience, an early palate closure (in the first year of life) reduces the incidence of VPI and therefore the need of pharyngoplasty. (Tab. 6, Fig. 1, Ref. 12.)
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. kokavec@nspr.sk
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*