Background: The repair of wide cleft palates and secondary palatal fistulas remains a
challenge for pediatric plastic surgeons. To reduce the incidence of fistulization, use of …

Background: Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) has been described as an adjunct in primary
cleft palate repair to reduce the fistula rate in several retrospective studies (level III or lower); …

Background: In cleft palate repair, anatomically oriented, tension free, atraumatic total
closure is the key to achieve a normal speech consecutive to a sufficient velopharyngeal …

Objective: The current review and survey aim to assess the effectiveness of acellular dermal
matrix (ADM) in the repair of cleft palate and oronasal fistula and to evaluate the current …

Palatal fistulas represent a challenging problem for surgeons caring for patients with cleft
palate. The purpose of this study was to examine the rate of fistula closure using …

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acellular dermal matrix in the
repair of ONF associated with CP that is recurrent or larger than 15 mm in any dimension …

Fistulas represent failure of cleft palate repair. Secondary and tertiary fistula repair is
challenging, with high recurrence rates. In the present retrospective study, we review the …

Objective To assess the efficacy of decellularized dermal grafting used as an adjunct to the
performance of primary repair of wide cleft palates. Design Retrospective review. Setting …

The primary goal of palatoplasty is to allow normal speech through the correction of
velopharyngeal incompetence. Failure to accomplish a tension-free, watertight closure …

Palatal fistula is a challenging complication following cleft palate repair. We investigated the
usefulness of collagen matrix in the prevention of postoperative fistula. We performed a …