Tissue Augmenting Palatoplasty for the Treatment of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency.
Erin E AnstadtMadeleine K BruceMatthew FordNoel JabbourMiles J PfaffMichael BykowskiJesse A GoldsteinJoseph E LoseePublished in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2021)
In patients with VPI following primary palatoplasty, revision palatoplasty with tissue augmentation offers an alternative to pharyngoplasty. This approach preserves dynamic velopharyngeal function, improves speech outcomes, and should be considered an option when treating patients with post-primary palatoplasty VPI.