Velopharyngoplasty in patients with 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome: outcomes following the Newcastle protocol

David Sainsbury,Simon Filson,Sophie Butterworth,Adnan Tahir,Peter D. Hodgkinson

Velopharyngoplasty in patients with 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome: outcomes following the Newcastle protocol

2013

David Sainsbury
Simon Filson
Sophie Butterworth
Adnan Tahir
Peter D. Hodgkinson

Background Patients with 22q11.2 microdeletion commonly manifest velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI) even without any overt anomaly. The aim of this study was to assess the outcomes of speech surgery in such patients.

Keywords:

Velopharyngeal insufficiency
Velopharyngeal incompetence
Microdeletion syndrome
Nasal emission
Surgery
Hynes pharyngoplasty
Medicine
Plastic surgery
nasal airflow
22q11 2 microdeletion
in patient

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