title: Reply: Progressive Tightening of the Levator Veli Palatini Muscle Improves Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in Early Outcomes of Primary Palatoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
authors.forename: Dennis C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Kamlesh B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Albert S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*