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Observational studyClinical oral investigations2025

Speech outcome following primary furlow palatoplasty with buccal myomucosal flap versus two flap palatoplasty in patients with cleft palate.

Shaimaa Mohsen Refahee, Mamdouh Ahmed Aboulhassan, Iman Mohamed Elrouby, Mohamed Abd-El-Ghafour

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Observational study in Clinical oral investigations, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06856330 (Efficacy of Two Flap Palatoplasty), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT06856330 recruitingnot on this map

Efficacy of Two Flap Palatoplasty (TFP) Versus Furlow With Buccinator Flap (FPBF) During Primary Palatoplasty on the Speech Development

TypeobservationalSponsorFayoum UniversityRan2025 to 2025Enrolled30ConditionsCleft PalateArmsfurlow with buccal myomucosal flap, two flap palatoplasty
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4 authors.

Shaimaa Mohsen RefaheeOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt. smr11@fayoum.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7550-1913
Mamdouh Ahmed AboulhassanPlastic Section, General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Iman Mohamed ElroubyPhoniatrics, Phoniatrics Department, Hearing and Speech Institute, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1770-9492
Mohamed Abd-El-GhafourDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0870-1472

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe current study aimed to evaluate the speech outcome of primary Furlow palatoplasty with buccal myomucosal flap (FPBF) versus two flap palatoplasty (TFP) in patients with cleft palate. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty patients with cleft palate were included in the current study. Fifteen patients received the primary FPBF as the surgical palatal repair technique, while the other 15 patients received the primary TFP as their cleft palate repair. All surgeries were done by a single surgeon at the age of 9-12 months. Speech assessment was done at the age of 4-8 years, including the amount of hypernasality, speech intelligibility, compensatory misarticulation, and nasopharyngoscopy VP valve competence.

resultsStatistically significant improvements were detected in the 4 assessment methods while comparing primary FPBF versus the TFP groups' scores.

conclusionPrimary FPBF might be able to improve the speech outcome in comparison to TFP in patients with cleft palate.  CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Primary FPBF improves the amount of hypernasality, speech intelligibility, compensatory misarticulation, and nasopharyngoscopy VP valve competence. Accordingly, it limits the need for further VP repair surgeries.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov (NCT06856330).

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Cleft PalateMouth MucosaPlastic Surgery ProceduresSurgical FlapsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleSpeech IntelligibilityTreatment OutcomeCleft palateFurlow palatoplasty with buccal myomucosal flap cleft palatesTwo flap palatoplastyVelopharyngeal insufficiency

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PMID41420755
PMCPMC12718257

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