Autologous fat grafting in the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency: Clinical outcomes and treatment tolerability survey in a case series of 21 patients

Autologous fat grafting in the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency: Clinical outcomes and treatment tolerability survey in a case series of 21 patients

Introduction: Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is the inability to close the velopharyngeal sphincter during phonation and/or feeding. VPI is clinically characterised by hypernasal speech and nasal regurgitation. In cases of severe VPI, pharyngoplasty is recommended. Cases of mild-to-moderate VPI...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Renzo Panizza, Marco Ghiglione, Enrico Maria Zingarelli, Michela Massa, Claudio Carlini, Rossella Arnoldi, Alessio Pini Prato, Silvia Scarrone, Francesco Vaccarella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
lipofilling
posterior pharyngeal wall augmentation
velopharyngeal insufficiency
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijps.IJPS_183_17
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Internet

http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijps.IJPS_183_17

Similar Items