Speech characteristics associated with the Furlow palatoplasty as compared with other surgical techniques.
Plast Reconstr Surg
; 98(4): 610-9; discussion 620-1, 1996 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Reported here are the results of a retrospective study of the speech outcome for 63 cleft subjects who had Furlow repairs compared with 20 subjects who had other procedures. The two groups of children were similar in cleft type, sex, and race. The same two surgeons repaired the palates in both groups, and the same two speech pathologists with high reliability examined the children at least 5 years postoperatively using the Pittsburgh Weighted Values for Speech Symptoms Associated with VPI (velopharyngeal incompetence). Subjects who had had Furlow repairs were superior on measures of hypernasality, articulation, and total speech scores; and fewer pharyngeal flaps were required by Furlow subjects. These findings suggest the need for randomized, double-blind investigations comparing outcome of the Furlow procedure with the intravelar veloplasty, the V-Y pushback, and other specified procedures.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Palato
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Fala
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Cirurgia Plástica
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Fissura Palatina
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Plast Reconstr Surg
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article