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Article ; Online: Outcomes After Pharyngeal Flap Surgery in Children: A Comparison of Lined Versus Unlined Flaps.

Fuller, Colin / Reed Gardner, J / Speed, Olivia / Thomason, Ashlen / Zaniletti, Isabella / Buckmiller, Lisa / Johnson, Adam / Hartzell, Larry

The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

2023  , Page(s) 10556656231172642

Abstract: Objective: The addition of a uvular flap (PFU) was hypothesized to improve outcomes over standard pharyngeal flap (PF) for correction of velopharyngeal dysfunction. We report differences in outcomes of PF vs PFU at our institution.: Design: ... ...

Abstract Objective: The addition of a uvular flap (PFU) was hypothesized to improve outcomes over standard pharyngeal flap (PF) for correction of velopharyngeal dysfunction. We report differences in outcomes of PF vs PFU at our institution.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Tertiary children's hospital.
Patients: Children who underwent PF or PFU with the three highest-volume surgeons at our institution in 2004-2017.
Outcome measures: We examined differences in complications between groups, frequency and type of revision surgery, and speech-related measures including nasometry, pressure-flow testing (PFT) and perceptual speech analysis (PSA).
Results: 160 patients were included, 41 PF and 119 PFU (including 18 with Hogan technique). Patients undergoing PFU were older (7.6 yr vs 6.0 yr; p  =  0.037) and more likely to have cleft palate (63/119 vs 14/41; p  =  0.047). There was no significant difference in complications. With PFU, a decrease in airspace contracting revision surgeries was noted, (4/119 vs 8/41; p  =  0.002) which drove a reduction in revision surgery of all types (7/119 vs 13/41; p  =  0.033). However, patients that did undergo revision surgery after PFU underwent more revision procedures (p  =  0.032). PSA scores were found to be lower (less hypernasal) after PFU (p  =  0.009) compared to PF. Objective speech measures had varying results, with nasometry demonstrating a significant difference between groups (p  =  0.001), while PFT (p  =  0.525) did not demonstrate a statistical difference.
Conclusion: The use of a uvular lining flap in pharyngeal flap surgery may be associated with improved long term surgical outcomes, including both improvements in subjective and objective testing and a lower rate of revision surgery, without increased complications.
Language English
Publishing date 2023-05-04
Publishing country United States
Document type Journal Article
ZDB-ID 1069409-2
ISSN 1545-1569 ; 0009-8701 ; 1055-6656
ISSN (online) 1545-1569
ISSN 0009-8701 ; 1055-6656
DOI 10.1177/10556656231172642
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