TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the pharyngeal flap in the treatment of congenital velopharyngeal incompetence
AU - Stueber, Kristin
AU - Wilhelmsen, Hans R.
PY - 1984/2
Y1 - 1984/2
N2 - Seventy-four patients were referred to the senior author because of presumed velopharyngeal incompetence without cleft palate. As a result of an extensive preoperative evaluation that included assessment of articulation patterns, nasal emission, oronasal resonance, and general speech intelligibility, 57 of the 74 patients were selected for a pharyngeal flap procedure. In 54 of the 57 patients (95 percent), the operation corrected inappropriate nasal emission and hypernasality and improved intraoral air pressure to allow normal speech production.
AB - Seventy-four patients were referred to the senior author because of presumed velopharyngeal incompetence without cleft palate. As a result of an extensive preoperative evaluation that included assessment of articulation patterns, nasal emission, oronasal resonance, and general speech intelligibility, 57 of the 74 patients were selected for a pharyngeal flap procedure. In 54 of the 57 patients (95 percent), the operation corrected inappropriate nasal emission and hypernasality and improved intraoral air pressure to allow normal speech production.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-198402000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00006534-198402000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 6695020
AN - SCOPUS:0021330587
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 73
SP - 219
EP - 222
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 2
ER -