Treatment of congenital short palate using bilateral buccal musculomucosal flaps

A case of congenital short palate was treated by bilateral buccal musculomucosal flaps. The levator veli palatini muscle formed a continuous sling, but the anterior portion was attached to the posterior border of the hard palate. The speech outcome improved from severe to normal.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kobayashi, Shinji, Ohashi, Yukie, Fukushima, Ryouko, Hirakawa, Takashi, Fukawa, Toshihiko, Satake, Toshihiko, Maegawa, Jiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7241469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32490036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2020.1756821
Descripción
Sumario:A case of congenital short palate was treated by bilateral buccal musculomucosal flaps. The levator veli palatini muscle formed a continuous sling, but the anterior portion was attached to the posterior border of the hard palate. The speech outcome improved from severe to normal.

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