咽頭弁が鼻咽腔機能に及ぼす影響について

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Velopharyngeal competency and respiration through the nose were evaluated one year or more after the folded pharyngeal flap operation in 49 patients: 27 cleft lip and palate, six with complete cleft palate, 16 with soft or submucous cleft palate. It was confirmed that adequate velopharyngeal competency had been attained in all 49 cases on the basis of aerodynamic assessment on the utterance of the mono-syllable plosives Pa·Pi·Pu and the auditory perception of speech. Three of the 16 patients with soft or submucous cleft palate complained of nasal obstruction; nasopharyngeal resistance in the 14 with soft or submucous cleft palate was not statistically higher than normal, as measured aerodynamically. It was concluded that nasal respiration might be slightly affected by the folded pharyngeal flap operation.
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