Reconstruction of an idiopathic hemipalatal hypoplasia: report of a case.

Authors :: Lee LM
Deng YQ
Chen PK
Zhu YM
Liang X
Source :: The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery [Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg] 2020 Jan; Vol. 58 (1), pp. 79-82. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 11.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Idiopathic hemipalatal hypoplasia is rare and leads to speech problems and the regurgitation of fluids, and the reconstruction of asymmetrical velopharyngeal incompetence is a challenge to the cleft surgeon. We present a case in a 5-year-old boy, and introduce the one-stage surgical technique that we used to resolve it.<br /> (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)