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Surgery for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
2012Velopharyngeal inadequacy may be learned, neurologic, or anatomic in origin. Velopharyngeal insufficiency specifically refers to an anatomic deficiency, which subsequently impairs resonant control of speech and intraoral pressure for orally directed speech sounds.
Gregory, Capra, Matthew T, Brigger
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The Incidence of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in Stickler Syndrome
The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 2022Objective Stickler Syndrome (SS) is an inherited collagenopathy characterized by heterogenous orofacial, ocular, auditory, and skeletal abnormalities. The orofacial manifestations are variable and some patients present with cleft palate and velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). The incidence of VPI in SS is poorly
Daniel Swanson +4 more
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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency After Adenoidectomy
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1972In cases of velopharyngeal insufficiency which meet optimal criteria for a successful result, pharyngoplasty is usually successful. A procedure which can be performed conveniently by otolaryngologists was used in two cases.
R L, Goode, J, Ross
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Correction of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1970ESTABLISHMENT of normal speech in velopharyngeal insufficiency is the goal of various procedures proposed by many authors. Velopharyngeal insufficiency is not uncommon and is very disagreeable for the patient as well as for the surgeon who is confronted with the responsibility for the attainment of normal speech in the patient.
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VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY IN HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1977One-third of a group of 18 patients with hemifacial microsomia demonstrated velopharyngeal insufficiency of a significant degree. The ones with velopharyngeal insufficiency tended to have more severe soft tissue and skeletal deformities of the maxillary-malar complex, associated with a total unilateral palatal paralysis. Cinefluoroscopy was not helpful
E A, Luce, B, McGibbon, J E, Hoopes
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Fat Injections for the Treatment of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2012The aim of this article was to describe the technical details of a fat injection procedure for the treatment of mild to moderate velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). Before surgery, the velopharyngeal gap is assessed by means of flexible nasoendoscopy, and speech intelligibility, hypernasality, and nasal air escape are perceptually evaluated and scored ...
G. Cantarella +5 more
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Persistent Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
2015This chapter outlines the management of patients who have failed initial surgical correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency. Clinical judgment is required to determine the most appropriate revision option for each patient.
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Lateral Defects in Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Archives of Otolaryngology, 1977A variety of surgical techniques is available for the closure of substantial velopharyngeal defects. While the use of the centrally based pharyngeal flap remains the cornerstone of surgical treatment, there are patients who have poor lateral pharyngeal wall (LPW) mobility.
R T, Cotton, F, Quattromani
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The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society, 1993
Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a relatively uncommon diagnosis and requires an understanding not only by the otolaryngologist but also by primary care physicians who are often the first to recognize its presence. An appreciation of the speech pathology that occurs in VPI assists in the often challenging diagnosis.
D N, Cote, G J, Gianoli
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Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a relatively uncommon diagnosis and requires an understanding not only by the otolaryngologist but also by primary care physicians who are often the first to recognize its presence. An appreciation of the speech pathology that occurs in VPI assists in the often challenging diagnosis.
D N, Cote, G J, Gianoli
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Correction of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency With Furlow Palatoplasty
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1996To evaluate the authors' experience with Furlow palatoplasty for velopharyngeal insufficiency.Review of 8 cases over a 3-year period.Regional private practice hospital affiliated with a teaching university.Eight patients aged 4 to 14 years with symptoms and signs of velopharyngeal insufficiency underwent Furlow palatoplasty. Four patients had submucous
W H, Lindsey, P T, Davis
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