Clinical Outcomes after Cleft Palate Repair at a Major Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Background: The two most common complications after primary palatoplasty are oronasal fistula and velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). To the best of our knowledge, there have been no studies examining postpalatoplasty speech outcomes in Ethiopia.

Methods: A hospital-based retrospective cross sectional study design was used.