지속성 양압 치료법을 이용한 구개인두기능부전증의 치료

Post-operative Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy in Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Patient

  • 김규남 (울산대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 고경석 (울산대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 정승은 (울산대학교 의과대학 재활의학과) ;
  • 하승희 (한림대학교 언어청각학부) ;
  • 박미경 (분당서울대학교병원 성형외과)
  • Kim, Kyu Nam (Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
  • Koh, Kyung Suck (Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Seung Eun (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine) ;
  • Ha, Seung Hee (Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Hallym University) ;
  • Park, Mi Kyung (Department of Plastic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
  • 투고 : 2010.03.18
  • 심사 : 2010.09.15
  • 발행 : 2010.11.10

초록

Purpose: There are several surgical methods for correcting a velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) but in some cases, it is not possible to achieve complete recovery of the velopharyngeal function. This paper introduces a new therapy for treating hypernasality without further surgery using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Methods: CPAP therapy was applied to seven VPI patients for eight weeks from April of 2007 to September of 2009. All patients underwent palatoplasty for the cleft palate and six patients underwent palatal lengthening for VPI before CPAP therapy. A speech pathologist performed an auditory perceptual evaluation to evaluate the improvement in hypernasality after 8-week CPAP therapy. Results: Six patients showed an improvement in hypernasality after CPAP therapy according to the auditory perceptual evaluation. One patient with severe hypernasality responded to the early part of therapy but the hypernasality did not improve after therapy. Conclusion: CPAP therapy might be effective in reducing the hypernasality in patients with VPI by providing resistance training to strengthen the velopharyngeal closure muscles. In particular, CPAP therapy could be more effective for patients who show mild to moderate hypernasality after surgery.

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