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Autologous Fat Grafting in Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Gives Complete and Stable Speech Recovery in Patient Under 7 years.
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 2021 September 11
ABSTRACT: The authorspresent a retrospective observational cohort study of 47 French speaking consecutive patients treated with retropharyngeal wall filling with autologous fat graft from 2006 to 2019 in a single tertiary center, to assess with a long-term follow-up, the best tailored treatment to recovery speech for velopharyngeal insufficiency, and to stress the importance of early treatment with minimally invasive procedure with retropharyngeal wall fat grafting. In preoperative setting, a clinical and instrumental evaluation with aerophonoscope is completed by a palatal closure assessment with nasal endoscopy. All patients were classified according with Borel Maisonny score pre- and post-operatively. Sixty three fat injections were performed. In 4 cases a pharyngeal flap was performed after fat graft for an insufficient speech result. The authors had no complications. Patients with less than 7 years of age obtained a complete recovery of their velopharyngeal incompetence (P = 0.03) compared to older patients. In conclusion, the authors can state that this tailored surgical technique needs a multidisciplinary approach. Many variables can affect postoperative results: fat reabsorption, concurrently performed surgery, pattern of pharyngeal closure, hearing impairment. None of these factors affected our result. Early treatment plays a crucial role to achieve better results. Patients with less of 7 years showed a better result in this functional treatment.
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