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Systematic review and meta-analysis of speech outcome among different surgical techniques post cleft palate repair: Furlow against other palatoplasty techniques
BackgroundA cleft palate is a congenital condition in which the palate has an opening that can be on either one or both sides of the roof of...
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Impact of relaxing incisions on maxillofacial growth following Sommerlad–Furlow modified technique in patients with isolated cleft palate: a preliminary comparative study
ObjectiveTo estimate the impact of relaxing incisions on maxillofacial growth following Sommerlad-Furlow modified technique in patients with isolated...
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The effect of intervelar veloplasty under magnification (Sommerlad’s Technique) without tympanostomy on middle ear effusion in cleft palate patients
ObjectiveDifferent surgical techniques and management approaches have been introduced to manage the cleft palate (CP) and its complications, such as...
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Johannes F.S. Esser’s lasting inspirations: “To help repair and undo a little part of the cruel mangling”
J.F.S. Esser’s “island flap” provided the innovative bridge between the ancient Indian, French, and Italian flaps and modern axial flaps,...
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Comparison of two-flap palatoplasty plus intravelar veloplasty technique with and without double-layer Z-plasty on the soft palate length in children with cleft palate
PurposeVelopharyngeal failure occurs as a result of a nasopharyngeal gap following inadequate velopharyngeal closure for structural or functional...
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Translation and pilot study of the Cleft Hearing Appearance and Speech Questionnaire (CHASQ)
BackgroundThere has been a lack of a standardized protocol for collection of patient reported outcomes (PRO) and detection of and indication for...
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Complete bilateral Tessier’s facial cleft number 5: surgical strategy for a rare case report
The oro-ocular cleft number 5 according to the Tessier classification is one of the rarest facial clefts and few cases have been reported in the...
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Russell-Silver syndrome with cleft palate: a case report
BackgroundRussell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, short stature without postnatal catch-up growth, and an...
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Buccal Fat Pad: A Useful Adjunct Flap in Cleft Palate Repair
AimThe aim of the study is to describe the technique and also the outcome of using buccal fat pad (BFP) as an adjunct flap in cleft palate repair and...
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Post-operative outcomes after cleft palate repair in syndromic and non-syndromic children: a systematic review protocol
BackgroundThere is a lack of high-level evidence on the surgical management of cleft palate. An appreciation of the differences in the complication...
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Postoperative complications associated with extubation strategies following palatoplasty: a single-center retrospective analysis
PurposePalatoplasty carries a high risk of airway obstruction as a postoperative complication. Since 2007, the protocol in our hospital has been to...
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Unilateral absence of levator veli palatini muscle: an extraordinary presentation in cleft palate
Levator veli palatini (LVP) is the “key” muscle for velar elevation and speech. All cleft palate repair procedures emphasize on the correction of...
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Massive macroglossia after palatoplasty
Cleft palates are among the most common birth defects. Serious complications in perioperative airway management after palatoplasty are rare and...
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Comparative study between V-Y pushback technique and Furlow technique in cleft soft palate repair
Many methods of cleft palate repair have been described. Two effective methods are commonly used for repair of soft palate clefts: the Wardill-Kilner...
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Lebensbedrohliche Makroglossie nach Gaumenspaltenverschluss
The case of a 13-month-old child who developed a life-threatening macroglossia with airway obstruction following palatoplasty for a cleft palate is...
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The evaluation of the use of the buccal myomucosal flap in cleft palate repair—a comparative study
This study aimed to evaluate the importance of using the buccal myomucosal flap in cleft palate repair. This is a retrospective comparative study...
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Modified transoral approach for resection of skull base chordomas in children
PurposeChordomas are rare slow growing, locally destructive tumours originating from remnants of the primitive notocord and are found most commonly...
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Pierre-Robin-Sequenz — postoperative Komplikationen nach Gaumenspaltverschluss
BackgroundIn a 25-year retrospective review of 1976–2000, the postoperative course after cleft palate surgery and pharyngeal flap surgery in 87...
