Speech Rehabilitation in Cleft Palate Surgery

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Naveed Yousaf
Mohib Ullah Khan

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An attempt for a simultaneous anatomical closure of a congenital cleft palate with reconstruction of a functionally competent Velopharyngeal sphincter is the ultimate goal of a surgical craftsmanship. Hyper nasality and nasal escape of air are common unwanted stigma associated with a congenital cleft palate. It is a situation where Velophryngeal sphincteric function is incomplete. To overcome such a situation, a surgical reconstruction of a functional Velopharyngeal sphincter is important.

     All 56 patients, who were treated between 1982 to 1985, were of the age group: 2 years to 7 years. Routine closures of the palate with associated palatal lengthening procedures were performed. Attempting pharyngoplasties in a few cases, majority of the patients under-went primary (22%) and secondary (78%) pharyngo-palatoplasties with superiorly based pharyngeal flaps. Improvement in overcoming hyper nasality and nasal escape of air, associated with these palatal defects, was achieved in all cases to a variable extent.

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Yousaf N, Khan MU. Speech Rehabilitation in Cleft Palate Surgery. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Aug. 19 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];1(1). Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/324
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