A retrospective analysis of speech and hearing in patients receiving surgery for submucous cleft palate

Raby-Smith, Will; Hall, Per; Southby, Lucy; Parfect, Victoria H.; Linford, Georgina; Bannister, Sam; Miyagi, Kana

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2022.11.003

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“…But their ventilation tubes installation percentage was 50% before SMCP diagnosis, which evidences a more conservative management by our team in the T tubes indication. Raby-Smith et al 32 published that in 57 patients who underwent SMCP repair, otologic disease was present in 54.4%.…”

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Speech Outcomes and Velopharyngeal Function in Children Undergoing Submucous Cleft Palate Repair

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Inostroza-Allende

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et al. 2023

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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Objective: Describe and compare the results of speech and velopharyngeal function in children with classic and occult submucous cleft palate undergoing interdisciplinary treatment at the Gantz Foundation. Methods: The clinical history of all patients born between 2012 and 2017 with a diagnosis of classic or occult submucous cleft palate was retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative medical, surgical, and speech and language history were collected. Results: Twenty-eight cases diagnosed at the age of 44.8±23.9 months were included. Of these, 71.4% presented classic submucous cleft, and 28.6% occult. Before primary surgery, 7.1% had a diagnosis of the syndrome, and 21.4% were under study. A total of 39.3% had hearing difficulties and 21.4% used tympanic ventilation tubes. A total of 60.7% had language problems, 39.3% had compensatory articulation, 17.9% had absent hypernasality, and 21.4% had absent nasal emission. The team indicated primary palate surgery in 71.4%, of which 85% performed the surgery at the mean age of 61.7±24.7 months. The surgical technique was Furlow in 88.2% of the cases and intravelar veloplasty in the remaining 11.8%. Then, 3 cases underwent velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery; 2 of them eliminated hypernasality and reduced nasal emission. The age of diagnosis (P=0.021) and the performance of velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery (P=0029) of the occult submucous cleft palate group was significatively later than the classic cleft palate group. Conclusions: Language, hearing, compensatory articulation, hypernasality, and nasal emission problems were recorded. A high percentage required primary surgery. Of these, a low proportion also required a velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery, which improved the velopharyngeal function of the children but did not completely adapt it. In this regard, early diagnosis is essential, as well as an analysis of each center primary closure protocol.

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