Surgical Science

Vol.3 No.2(2012), Paper ID 17421, 6 pages

DOI:10.4236/ss.2012.32011

 

Postoperative Velopharyngeal Closure Function Following Unified Velopharyngeal Plasty as Secondary Surgery for Cleft Palate: One- and Three-Year Follow-Up Results

 

Kenichi Kurita, Yu Ito, Atsushi Nakayama, Atsushi Abe, Kana Mukai, Kou Kawahara, Michie Ito, Miru Takami, Michiko Shimooka

 

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Division of Speech Therapy, Aichi-Gakuin University Dental Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Division of Speech Therapy, Aichi-Gakuin University Dental Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Former Division of Speech Therapy, Aichi-Gakuin University Dental Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

 

Copyright © 2012 Kenichi Kurita, Yu Ito, Atsushi Nakayama, Atsushi Abe, Kana Mukai, Kou Kawahara, Michie Ito, Miru Takami, Michiko Shimooka et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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K. Kurita, Y. Ito, A. Nakayama, A. Abe, K. Mukai, K. Kawahara, M. Ito, M. Takami and M. Shimooka, "Postoperative Velopharyngeal Closure Function Following Unified Velopharyngeal Plasty as Secondary Surgery for Cleft Palate: One- and Three-Year Follow-Up Results," Surgical Science, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2012, pp. 59-64. doi: 10.4236/ss.2012.32011.

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