NCT05626933

Buccinator Myomucosal Flap With Furlow Palatoplasty and VPI

Anatomical Restoration Cleft Palate Technique (ARC) for Secondary Velopharyngeal Incompetence Post Cleft Palate Repair

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fayoum University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Conditions

• Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Buccinator myomucosal flap with Furlow palatoplasty	Anatomical restoration concept using Buccinator myomucosal flap with Furlow palatoplasty is an effective technique for lengthening the palate and improving speech outcomes

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-11
• Primary completion: 2022-12-30
• Completion: 2023-01-02
• First posted: 2022-11-25
• Last updated: 2022-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt