Hypertrophied tonsils impair velopharyngeal function after palatoplasty.

Abstract

Hypertrophied tonsils may impair velopharyngeal function in children with repaired cleft palate, and tonsillectomy is beneficial for such patients as it can improve the velopharyngeal closure and speech resonance.

Secondary corrective surgery may be avoided in some cases after tonsillectomy.

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Subjects

• Auditory Perception
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Cleft Palate
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Hypertrophy
• Laryngoscopy
• Male
• Palate
• Palatine Tonsil
• Pharynx
• Postoperative Complications
• Prognosis
• Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
• Retrospective Studies
• Speech
• Tonsillectomy
• Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

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Authors

• Mosaad Abdel-Aziz

Publication date

2012-02-22

Journal

Journal topics

• Otolaryngology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. mosabeez [at] yahoo.com

Release reference

Laryngoscope. 2012 Mar;122(3):528-32

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