The effectiveness of low-level laser on postoperative pain and edema in secondary palatal operation.

Objective: The postoperative period after palatal surgery is usually very painful, requiring the use of pain-relieving drugs. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in post-operative pain control and edema after secondary palatal operations.

Methods: A randomized double blinded clinical study on 20 children undergoing secondary palatal operations between 2013 and 2015 was done.

Using low level laser therapy to reduce early postoperative airway obstruction following modified Hogan's flap.

Introduction And Objective: The most common postoperative complications of velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery are postoperative bleeding and airway obstruction or obstructive sleep apnoea. Consequently, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of low level laser therapy (LLLT) during the first postoperative days in children undergoing superiorly based pharyngeal flap (SBF) surgery.

Materials And Methods: A randomized double blind clinical study on 30 children divided on two groups 15 patients each, who underwent SBF.

Palatopharyngeus the missing palatal muscles: Anatomical and physiological review.

The first true anatomical descriptions of the normal anatomy of the palate and pharynx were published by Von Luschka in 1868, and then in 1935 anatomist James Whillis described pharyngeal sphincter. Later, in 1941 Michael Oldfield noted that the muscular elements of the soft palate have a sling-like function. Although there have been conflicting descriptions of the role of the palatopharyngeus, multiple function such as speech, swallowing, and respiration, it could role in all this function.

Repair of cleft alveolar bone with bioactive glass material using Z-plasty flap.

Unlabelled: Multiple literature addresses cleft alveolar bone, with little consensus on the preferred surgical technique. Hence, we described a transoral approach for repair of cleft alveolar bone with Z-plasty and using bioactive glass.

Study Design: Case presentation and surgical technique description.

Functional and speech outcomes of superiorly based flap pharyngoplasty combined with radical intravelar veloplasty.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate functional and speech outcomes of superiorly based pharyngeal flap (SBF) pharyngoplasty combined with radical intravelar veloplasty (RIVVP) for the management of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) following surgically repaired cleft palate.

Design: A case series with chart review. The study was conducted in academic tertiary care medical centre.