Purpose: To review current literature with respect to the diagnosis and assessment of
velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI), including present knowledge about the most common …

Background Up to 80% of individuals with unrepaired submucous cleft palate (SMCP)
experience speech difficulties secondary to velopharyngeal insufficiency. Language delays …

A multldisciplinary International Working Group of scientists was assembled to address the
question of standardizing reporting techniques for multiview videofluoroscopy and …

Clefts of the palate and/or lip are among the most common human craniofacial
malformations and involve multiple genetic and environmental factors. Defects can only be …

Cleft palate, including submucous cleft palate, is among the most common birth defects in
humans. While overt cleft palate results from defects in growth or fusion of the developing …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate age of diagnosis, typical symptoms, finding of the palate,
therapy options and accompanying diseases. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 439 …

Many surgeons have favored using the pharyngeal flap as the primary treatment for the
velopharyngeal insufficiency associated with submucous cleft palate. However, the …

Background: Velopharyngeal insufficiency occurs in 5 to 20 percent of children following
repair of a cleft palate. The pharyngeal flap is the traditional secondary procedure for …

Objective Our purpose was to compare speech outcomes among three primary procedures
for symptomatic submucous cleft palate (SMCP): two-flap palatoplasty with muscular …

A group of 130 patients with submucous clefts were identified from the records of the
University of Pittsburgh Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Center. Many of these patients, 44 percent …