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Superiorly based pharyngeal flap.
Author(s) -
Skolnik Emanuel M.,
Saberman Mark N.,
Meyers Robert M.,
Ross Joel C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-196908000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , velopharyngeal insufficiency , adenoidectomy , surgery , pharyngeal flap , tonsillectomy
Velopharyngeal incompetence may be either congenital or acquired in origin. Congenital defects not only exist as an obvious cleft in the palate but the incompetence may also be a result of more subtle defects such as submucous cleft, platybasia, congenital short palate, or cervical spine deformity. Acquired defects are usually more obvious. Postinflammatory or postirradiation cicatrization and defects after surgical resection are the usual causes, but palate paralysis secondary to neurologic disease and palatal incompetency following adenoidectomy, should also be considered.