Etkin Boynuyoğun, Alaz Çırak, Fırat Atak, Tuğçe Karahan Tığrak, Mert Çalış, Rıza Önder Günaydın, Ayça Karaosmanoğlu, Ahmet Emre Süslü, Maviş Emel Kulak Kayıkçı, Figen Özgür
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the speech outcomes, reveal postoperative rates of obstructive sleep apnea, and characterize changes in the pharyngeal flap and velopharyngeal anatomy following pharyngeal flap surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency. A retrospective chart was reviewed for patients with clefts who underwent pharyngeal flap surgery between November 2020 and November 2021. The data collected included age, gender, cleft palate type, age at pharyngeal flap surgery, postoperative complications, age and type of primary palatoplasty, preoperative and postoperative speech assessments, magnetic resonance imaging findings, and obstructive sleep apnea outcomes...
November 28, 2023: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery: JPRAS