Anatomical Restoration Cleft Palate Technique (ARC) for Secondary Velopharyngeal Incompetence Post Cleft Palate Repair
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
- Sponsor
- Fayoum University
- Enrollment
- 20
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- grade of velopharyngeal closure during speech
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Nasopharyngoscopic examination of the 20 patients with secondary VPI following 2 flap palatoplasty will be done for visualization of the velopharyngeal port, allowing assessment of the pattern and grade of velopharyngeal closure during speech and the presence or absence of a velopharyngeal gap and after VPI repair by Buccinator myomucosal flap with Furlow palatoplasty
Investigators
Shaimaa Mohsen
principal investigator
Fayoum University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •5-6 years old children with previous treated complete cleft palate with 2 flap palatoplasty technique, nonsyndromic.
- •lip and palate repair performed by one craniofacial surgeon
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with syndromic cleft lip.
- •Bilateral cleft lip
- •Patient older younger 5 years.
- •Associated Cardiac anomalies.
- •Any systemic condition
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
grade of velopharyngeal closure during speech
Time Frame: immediate postoperative
Nasopharyngoscopic examination of the patients with secondary velopharyngeal insufficiency ( VPI) following two flap palatoplasty cleft palate repairs will be done for assessment of velopharyngeal closure grade during speech after VPI repair by Buccinator myomucosal flap with Furlow palatoplasty