Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty
Lin K, Goldberg D, Williams C, Borowitz K, Persing J, Edgerton M. Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 1999, 36: 73-78. PMID: 10067766, DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569_1999_036_0073_ltoaot_2.3.co_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCleft PalateFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMultivariate AnalysisOroantral FistulaPalatal MusclesPharyngeal MusclesPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSleep Apnea SyndromesSpeechSpeech DisordersSpeech PerceptionSurgical FlapsTreatment OutcomeVelopharyngeal InsufficiencyConceptsObstructive sleep apneaPharyngeal flapCleft palatePostoperative complicationsSleep apneaSurgical techniquePostoperative obstructive sleep apneaZ-plastySpeech resultsTerm outcome analysisUse of nasometryZ-plasty groupMajority of patientsSerious postoperative complicationsZ-plasty repairResidual velopharyngeal insufficiencyGood speech resultsZ-plasty techniquePostoperative hypernasalityAdditional surgeryFlap groupFistula formationVelopharyngeal insufficiencyOutcome analysisPatientsLong-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap Versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty
Lin K, Goldberg D, Williams C, Borowitz K, Persing J, Edgerton M. Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap Versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 1999, 36: 73-78. DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1999)036<0073:ltoaot>2.3.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCleft PalateFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMultivariate AnalysisOroantral FistulaPalatal MusclesPharyngeal MusclesPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSleep Apnea SyndromesSpeechSpeech DisordersSpeech PerceptionSurgical FlapsTreatment OutcomeVelopharyngeal InsufficiencyConceptsObstructive sleep apneaCleft palatePostoperative complicationsSleep apneaPharyngeal flapSurgical techniquePostoperative obstructive sleep apneaZ-plastySpeech resultsTerm outcome analysisUse of nasometryZ-plasty groupMajority of patientsSerious postoperative complicationsZ-plasty repairResidual velopharyngeal insufficiencyGood speech resultsZ-plasty techniquePostoperative hypernasalityAdditional surgeryFlap groupFistula formationVelopharyngeal insufficiencyOutcome analysisPatients