Background: Patients with cleft lip and palate have functional and esthetic impairment and
typically require multiple interventions in their life. Long-term evaluation following a …

Poor palatal wound healing after cleft palate repair could lead to unfavorable prognosis
such as oronasal fistula (ONF), which might affect the patient's velopharyngeal function as …

Objectives In cleft palate patients, the soft palate is commonly closed using straight-line
palatoplasty, Z-palatoplasty, or palatoplasty with buccal flaps. Currently, it is unknown which …

This systematic review aims to compare different fat-grafting techniques for cleft lip and
palate repair. A search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, gray …

The microbiome is a numerically vast and taxonomically diverse microbial community that
includes bacteria, fungi and viruses. The microbiome inhabits all exposed surfaces of the …

Background Oronasal fistula at the anterior hard palate is one of the common sequelae after
cleft surgery, and the leakage negatively affects the patient's quality of life. Although several …

A cleft palate (CP) arises from the failure of the frontonasal and maxillary prominences to
fuse during development. Patients are left with feeding and speech issues. 1 They are …

Patients with cleft lip and palate must undergo various surgical interventions at appropriate
times to achieve optimal outcomes. While guidelines for the timing of these operations are …

Despite a satisfactory primary repair, velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) may be a sequel of
soft palate clefts, resulting in hypernasality and phonation disorders. In order to increase the …

Objective To design the technique of 'Suspension Palatoplasty'for Velopharyngeal
Insufficiency (VPI) post Cleft Palate (CP) based on optimal spatial positioning of palate at the …