Surgical interventions in velopharyngeal dysfunction: comparative perceptual speech and nasometric outcomes for three techniques.

Ryan S InstrumAgnieszka DziobaAnne Dworschak-StokanMurad Husein

Published in: Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale (2022)

Operative management of VPD is highly effective in improving perceptual speech outcomes. Given proper patient selection, all three procedures are viable treatment options for VPD. For those patients identified as appropriate to undergo a pharyngeal flap, robust improvements in speech outcomes were observed.

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