Outcomes After Pharyngeal Flap Surgery in Children: A Comparison of Lined Versus Unlined Flaps.

Objective: The addition of a uvular flap (PFU) was hypothesized to improve outcomes over standard pharyngeal flap (PF) for correction of velopharyngeal dysfunction. We report differences in outcomes of PF vs PFU at our institution.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Impact of Surgery for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency on Eustachian Tube Function in Children: Pharyngeal Flap Versus Sphincter Pharyngoplasty.

Objective: Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a common speech disorder in patients with a history of cleft palate (CP) or 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Pharyngeal flap (PF) and sphincter pharyngoplasty (SP) are 2 common surgeries to treat this disorder by decreasing unwanted nasal air emission and hypernasal resonance.

Speech, language, and feeding phenotypes of SATB2-associated syndrome.

SATB2-associated syndrome (SAS) is a recently identified disorder characterized by neurodevelopmental deficits and craniofacial anomalies. Assessments of speech, language, and feeding-related issues were conducted among 61 individuals with SAS (median age = 86 months, range = 26 months to 29 years of age). Individuals with SAS were mostly non-verbal communicators (72.