Journal article
Pharyngeal flap surgery: protocols, complications, and outcomes at the University of Iowa
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery, Vol.129(4), pp.321-326
2003
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00709-5
PMID: 14574284
Abstract
We sought to assess complication rates and speech outcomes in patients undergoing pharyngeal flap surgery.
We conducted a retrospective chart and database review at a tertiary craniofacial center.
Eighty-seven patients were identified as having pharyngeal flaps between January 1990 and December 2000.
Complications were rare, with an overall rate of 3.4% for all children. Craniofacial database records were identified with a follow-up examination between 2 and 5 years. Forty-four patients were identified. Of this group, 81.8% demonstrated no evidence of hypernasality or mild hypernasality, and 84.1% demonstrated no evidence of hyponasality or only mild hyponasality. Preoperative and postoperative assessments showed a statistically significant difference in hypernasality at
P < 0.001 with no significant difference in hyponasality.
Although sphincter pharyngoplasty procedures have gained a great deal of attention in the recent otolaryngologic literature, pharyngeal-flap procedures remain a valuable tool in the hands of surgeons dealing with velopharyngeal incompetence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pharyngeal flap surgery: protocols, complications, and outcomes at the University of Iowa
- Creators
- John W Canady - Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Clinic, Department of Surgery (Plastic), Iowa CIty, IA, USABenjamin B Cable - the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Drs Canady, Cable, Karnell, and Karnell), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa CIty, IA, USAMichael P Karnell - the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Drs Canady, Cable, Karnell, and Karnell), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa CIty, IA, USALucy Hynds Karnell - the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (Drs Canady, Cable, Karnell, and Karnell), University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa CIty, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery, Vol.129(4), pp.321-326
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00709-5
- PMID
- 14574284
- NLM abbreviation
- Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
- eISSN
- 1097-6817
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2003
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984006457602771
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