Mucocele of the hard palate in children.

Objective: Mucus retention cyst of the hard palate may result from obstruction of the ducts of the minor salivary glands, and it was defined as a mucocele. Although, the disease is not common in the hard palate, it was previously reported by many authors in the soft palate. The aim of our study was to present pediatric patients who were diagnosed to have mucocele of the hard palate, and to evaluate the outcome of the surgical excision of this lesion.

Trans-oral endoscopic partial adenoidectomy does not worsen the speech after cleft palate repair.

Introduction: Adenoid hypertrophy may play a role in velopharyngeal closure especially in patients with palatal abnormality; adenoidectomy may lead to velopharyngeal insufficiency and hyper nasal speech. Patients with cleft palate even after repair should not undergo adenoidectomy unless absolutely needed, and in such situations, conservative or partial adenoidectomy is performed to avoid the occurrence of velopharyngeal insufficiency. Trans-oral endoscopic adenoidectomy enables the surgeon to inspect the velopharyngeal valve during the procedure.

Extent of resection of the lamina papyracea in medial subperiosteal abscess.

Objective: To compare the surgical outcomes of minimal and wide resections of the lamina papyracea in cases with medial subperiosteal abscess.

Setting: University hospital.

Study Design: Case series and planned collection.