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Von Langenbeck or Wardill procedures for primary palatal repair in patients with isolated cleft palate--speech results

Becker, Magnus LU orcid ; Svensson, Henry LU ; Sarnas, K V and Jacobsson, S (2000) In Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery 34(1). p.27-32
Abstract
Sixty-six patients operated on for isolated cleft palate were evaluated as adults, and their speech was assessed clinically. Forty-four had undergone a von Langenbeck repair at the age of 7 months and 22 a Wardill repair at the age of 18 months. Speech was judged subjectively by the patients themselves, and perceptual assessment was made by three speech pathologists. The remaining speech problems, mainly hypernasality, were moderate or severe in 7 (16%) of the patients in the von Langenbeck group, and in 7 (32%) in the Wardill group. On the other hand, the patients in the Wardill group had fewer fistulas closed, and fewer velopharyngoplasties. There were no significant differences between the two methods regarding speech in adulthood. The... (More)
Sixty-six patients operated on for isolated cleft palate were evaluated as adults, and their speech was assessed clinically. Forty-four had undergone a von Langenbeck repair at the age of 7 months and 22 a Wardill repair at the age of 18 months. Speech was judged subjectively by the patients themselves, and perceptual assessment was made by three speech pathologists. The remaining speech problems, mainly hypernasality, were moderate or severe in 7 (16%) of the patients in the von Langenbeck group, and in 7 (32%) in the Wardill group. On the other hand, the patients in the Wardill group had fewer fistulas closed, and fewer velopharyngoplasties. There were no significant differences between the two methods regarding speech in adulthood. The Wardill method produced significantly more scar tissue clinically, which carries the potential risk of inhibition of facial growth. The present speech results will therefore be weighed against the outcome of maxillofacial growth for these patients. (Less)
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10.1080/02844310050160141
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  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery}},
  title        = {{Von Langenbeck or Wardill procedures for primary palatal repair in patients with isolated cleft palate--speech results}},
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  doi          = {{10.1080/02844310050160141}},
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