Size of Velopharyngeal Structures After Primary Palatoplasty.

Objective: To describe and compare measures of velar length, velar thickness, and depth of the nasopharynx between two groups of patients with velopharyngeal dysfunction after primary palatoplasty: one received the modified Langenbeck procedure and the other the Furlow procedure.

Design: Comparative study involving a convenience sample of videofluoroscopic films established prospectively.

Setting: Surgeries and videofluoroscopic assessments were conducted at a craniofacial center.