Chinese Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2022 Background: Management of severe velopharyngeal dysfunction is best performed by a multispecialty team. This team could include a speech-language pathologist, otolaryngologist, prosthodontist, and a plastic surgeon.
Nabil Mokhter Mohamed +4 more
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Velopharyngeal Dystonia: An Unusual Focal Task-specific Dystonia?
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2017 Background: Velopharyngeal dysfunction produces a nasal speech pattern because of the inability to close the nasal airway during speech, most often associated with anatomical abnormalities of the palate.
Amar S. Patel +2 more
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口腔疾病防治, 2019 Normal development of the velopharyngeal structures is key to obtaining good velopharyngeal closure. In the assessment of velopharyngeal closure and normal pronunciation, a variety of instruments can be used to detect and assist in the diagnosis of ...
DING Fugen, HE Wei, SONG Qinggao
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184. Buccal Myomucosal Flap Repair For Velopharyngeal Dysfunction [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023 Sarah N. Chiang, BS +5 more
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Incorporating Velopharyngeal MRI into the Clinical Decision-Making Process for a Patient Presenting with Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Following a Failed Palatoplasty [PDF]
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial JournalKazlin N Mason
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Surgical interventions in velopharyngeal dysfunction: comparative perceptual speech and nasometric outcomes for three techniques. [PDF]
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2022 Background The aim of this study was to evaluate speech outcomes following surgical intervention for velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD). Perceptual speech outcome data were subsequently analyzed in conjunction with patient factors such as congenital ...
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Characterizing Secondary Velopharyngeal Surgery in Children With Cleft Palate at an Academic Center. [PDF]
LaryngoscopeIn this retrospective study of children undergoing primary palatoplasty at a single academic institution, 10.8% required secondary surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that private insurance was associated with decreased odds of secondary surgery, while Asian race was associated with increased odds.
Williamson LE +5 more
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Relation between Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in Repaired Cleft Palate Patient [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2020 Background: In children born with cleft (lip and) palateresonance and articulation disorders are often observed as aresult of structural deviations of the sound production mechanism.Even after palatal closure, compensatory articulationand resonance ...
Youssef Hassan +3 more
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Pharyngeal bulb prosthesis and speech outcome in patients with cleft palate
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Introduction: Individuals with cleft palate can present with velopharyngeal dysfunction after primary palatoplasty and require a secondary treatment due to insufficiency.
Maria Inês Pegoraro-Krook +4 more
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Velo-pharyngeal dysfunction: Evaluation and management
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2009 Separation of the nasal and oral cavities by dynamic closure of the velo-pharyngeal port is necessary for normal speech and swallowing. Velo-pharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) may either follow repair of a cleft palate or be independent of clefting.
Jeffrey L. Marsh
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