The Effectiveness of Palate Re-Repair for Treating Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Palate re-repair achieves normal speech resonance in many but not all patients with VPI. Further research is needed to identify the specific examination and imaging findings that predict successful correction of VPI with re-repair.
PMID: 32070129 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - February 18, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Kurnik NM, Weidler EM, Lien KM, Cordero KN, Williams JL, Temkit M, Beals SP, Singh DJ, Sitzman TJ Tags: Cleft Palate Craniofac J Source Type: research