Preliminary results of nasality tests in patients wtih cleft palate after operations performed with different surgical methods
Wójcicka, G.
Otolaryngologia Polska 53(4): 489-493
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-6657 PMID: 10581961 Document Number: 500113
The study analyses results of tests carried out in a group of 82 patients with cleft palate defect after operations performed with different surgical methods. In the primary plastic group--the minimal degree of nasality was observed among patients after vomer flaps aged 2-3 years. The next group of patients after secondary surgical operations of phoniatric indication--better results were observed where Orticochea method was applied. The author expects to obtain more credible effects based on wider prospective and retrospective clinical observation.