Publications by authors named "Jessica L Chee-Williams"
Objective: Describe surgical decision making and outcomes in a series of patients with persistent VPI after pharyngeal flap placement that were all treated with revision palatoplasty.
Design: Retrospective, case series.
Participants: Five patients with nonsyndromic cleft palate and persistent hypernasality following a pharyngeal flap.
Evaluation of a Digital Home Weight Monitoring Program for Infants With Cleft Palate.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
December 2024
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a digital home monitoring program for infants with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP ± L), compared to monitoring through in-person clinic visits.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: One metropolitan pediatric hospital.
Factors That Limit Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Closure During Nasopharyngoscopy.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the quality of nasopharyngoscopy videos used for planning surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and to find out why some videos can't be effectively assessed.
- Conducted in multiple hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, 142 patients with VPI were analyzed, with about 59.9% of the videos deemed ratable for surgical evaluation.
- Key factors that affected video quality included patient age, gender, type of camera used, presence of speech issues, and the length of the speech sample provided, which may influence surgical decisions and the use of alternative imaging techniques.