Influence of Infant Cleft Dimensions on Velopharyngeal Function in 5-Year-Old Danish Children Born With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate.

CONCLUSIONS: Posterior cleft dimensions can be a modest indicator for the prognosis of velopharyngeal function at age 5 years, when the soft palate is closed first, independently on the timing of hard palate repair. Antero-posterior palatal length seems to protect from velopharyngeal insufficiency and hypernasality. However, the association found was significant but low. PMID: 31505955 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - September 9, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Botticelli S, Küseler A, Mølsted K, Andersen HS, Boers M, Shoeps A, Emborg BK, Kisling-Møller M, Pedersen TK, Andersen M, Willadsen E Tags: Cleft Palate Craniofac J Source Type: research