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Oro-facial clefts involving the palate is the commonest structural defect causing velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and poor intelli gibility of speech. Proper repair of the soft palateis a surgical challenge. Posterior-based buccinator myomucosal flap (BMF) is used to lengthen the soft palate of patients who undergo primary palatoplasty at Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya (THK). BMF is a good choice for the repair of medium sized mucosal defects in the oral cavity since it has appropriate thickness, contains mucous membrane with mucous glands and has a rich blood supply. Objectives To assess improvement in quality of speech after soft palate repair using BMF in patients with previously corrected cleft pate.

Improvement of quality of speech in patients with velo-pharyngeal insufficiency corrected using a buccinator myomucosal flap