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Folded Radial Forearm Free Flap for the Reconstruction of Total Soft Palate Defects: Operative Technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023
Background:. The surgical plan to reconstruct the palate must be carefully prepared given the morphological peculiarity of the soft palate forming both the roof of the mouth and the floor of the nasal cavity.
Riccardo Nocini, MD, Vittorio Favero, MD, PhD, Gabriele Molteni, MD, Valentina Pinto, MD, PhD, Luigi Chiarini, MD, DDS, Pier Francesco Nocini, MD, DDS   +5 more
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Application of Berlin questionnaire in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome through soft palate morphology types

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder characterized by intermittent complete and partial airway collapse, resulting in frequent episodes of apnea and hypopnea. The Berlin questionnaire (BQ) is a simple, inexpensive instrument used
Imit P Saluja, Ananya Bhargava, Apoorva Bhargava, Darshan R Prasad Hiremutt, Shobhit Saxena, Anagha Agrawal   +5 more
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Innervation of human soft palate muscles

The Anatomical Record, 2020
Our objective was to determine the branching and distribution of the motor nerves supplying the human soft palate muscles. Six adult specimens of the soft palate in continuity with the pharynx, larynx, and tongue were processed with Sihler's stain, a ...
Liancai Mu, Jingming Chen, Jing Li, M. Fowkes, Brian E. Benson, Themba Nyirend, S. Sobotka, Mark A. Christopherson, I. Sanders   +8 more
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The Soft Palate Friendly Speech Bulb for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Velopharyngeal insufficiency is an anatomic defect of the soft palate making palatopharyngeal sphincter incomplete. It is an important concern to address in patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate.
Sukhdeep Singh Kahlon, Monaliza Kahlon, Shilpa Gupta, Parvinder Singh Dhingra   +3 more
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Soft palate findings associated with a high risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using an endoscopic system with enhanced depth-of-field imaging

VideoGIE, 2021
Background and Aims: We previously reported that 3 endoscopic findings of melanosis, whitish epithelium, and vasodilation in the soft palate are associated with a high risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).
Kotaro Waki, MD, Ryu Ishihara, MD, Takahiro Inoue, MD, Akira Maekawa, MD   +3 more
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Soft Palate Reconstruction Using Bilateral Palatal Mucomuscular Flap and Pharyngeal Flap after Resection of Squamous Cell Carcinoma [PDF]

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2012
Squamous cell carcinoma infrequently occurs at the soft palate. Although various methods can be used for reconstruction of soft palate defects that occur after resecting squamous cell carcinoma, it is difficult to obtain satisfactory results from the ...
Jun Sik Kim, Hyeon Jong Jo, Nam Gyun Kim, Kyung Suk Lee   +3 more
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Analysis of Fetal Palate to Assist Pre-natal Ultrasound [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Cleft palate is one of the major facial congenital malformation in newborns. Pre-natal detection of this malformation is limited to detection of clefting of hard palate but isolated soft palate clefting still remains challenge for ...
Anjali Shastry, Yogitha Ravindranath, Roopa Ravindranath   +2 more
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Morphological Study of Soft Palate by Using Computed Tomography–A Prospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Soft palate is an important part of oro-nasopharyngeal apparatus. The morphometric assessment of soft palate is well-performed on computed tomography (CT).
Chandramani Bhagwan More, Nairita Saha, Ritika Vijayvargiya   +2 more
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Regulatory Mechanisms of Soft Palate Development and Malformations

Journal of dentistry research, 2019
Orofacial clefting is the most common congenital craniofacial malformation, appearing in approximately 1 in 700 live births. Orofacial clefting includes several distinct anatomic malformations affecting the upper lip and hard and soft palate.
Jingyuan Li, Gabriela Rodriguez, Xia Han, E. Janečková, S. Kahng, B. Song, Yang Chai   +6 more
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The study on the morphological changes of oropharynx in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate after palatopharyngeal closure

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
Cleft lip and palate can be treated as one of the most common craniofacial congenital malformations in humans. Such disease influences tens of millions of patients all over the world.
Baitong Chen, Hongchuang Zhang
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