Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Young Adults Treated for Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip, Alveolus, and Palate by a Treatment Protocol Including Two-Stage Palatoplasty: Speech Outcomes

Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Young Adults Treated for Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip, Alveolus, and Palate by a Treatment Protocol Including Two-Stage Palatoplasty: Speech Outcomes

Background No consensus exists on the optimal treatment protocol for orofacial clefts or the optimal timing of cleft palate closure. This study investigated factors influencing speech outcomes after two-stage palate repair in adults with a non-syndromal complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCL...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Francisca Petronella Maria Kappen, Dirk Bittermann, Laura Janssen, Gerhard Koendert Pieter Bittermann, Chantal Boonacker, Sarah Haverkamp, Hester de Wilde, Marise Van Der Heul, Tom FJMC Specken, Ron Koole, Moshe Kon, Corstiaan Cornelis Breugem, Aebele Barber Mink van der Molen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-05-01
Series:Archives of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
cleft lip with or without cleft palate, nonsyndromic
cleft lip
cleft palate
adult
speech
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2017.44.3.202

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