 Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
"Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
| Descriptor ID |
D014681
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.525.955 C07.550.966 C07.650.525.955 C09.775.955 C16.131.850.525.955
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| Concept/Terms |
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
- Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal
- Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal
- Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Velopharyngeal
- Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
- Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Fuller C, Reed Gardner J, Speed O, Thomason A, Zaniletti I, Buckmiller L, Johnson A, Hartzell L. Outcomes After Pharyngeal Flap Surgery in Children: A Comparison of Lined Versus Unlined Flaps. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2024 Sep; 61(9):1461-1469.
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Lambert EM, You P, Kacmarynski DS, Rosenberg TL. Adenoidectomy and persistent velopharyngeal insufficiency: Considerations, risk factors, and treatment. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Oct; 149:110846.
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Fuller C, Brown K, Speed O, Gardner J, Thomason A, Dornhoffer J, Johnson AB, Hartzell L. Impact of Surgery for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency on Eustachian Tube Function in Children: Pharyngeal Flap Versus Sphincter Pharyngoplasty. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2021 12; 58(12):1473-1481.
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Salna I, Jervis-Bardy J, Wabnitz D, Rees G, Psaltis A, Johnson A. Partial Adenoidectomy in Patients With Palatal Abnormalities. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Jul; 30(5):e454-e460.
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Miller C, Bly R, Cofer S, Dahl JP, de Serres L, Goudy S, Hartzell L, Jabbour N, Kacmarysnki D, Macarthur C, Messner A, Milczuk H, Rastatter J, Swibel Rosenthal LH, Scott A, Tollefson T, Woolley A, Zdanski C, Zopf DA, Sie K. Multicenter Interrater Reliability in the Endoscopic Assessment of Velopharyngeal Function Using a Video Instruction Tool. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 04; 160(4):720-728.
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Wineland AM, Meinzen-Derr J, Willging P. Can overnight stenting be safely eliminated following a pharyngeal flap? A matched comparison study. Laryngoscope. 2018 03; 128(3):750-755.
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Golinko MS, Mason K, Nett K, Riski JE, Williams JK. Sphincterplasty for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in the Child Without a Cleft-Palate: Etiologies and Speech Outcomes. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Oct; 26(7):2067-71.
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Boneti C, Ray PD, Macklem EB, Kohanzadeh S, de la Torre J, Grant JH. Effectiveness and safety of autologous fat grafting to the soft palate alone. Ann Plast Surg. 2015 Jun; 74 Suppl 4:S190-2.
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