• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2006

The articulation disorders associated with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in cleft palate patients are interested to clinicians particularly. The purpose of this study was to investigate mainly the oropharyngeal air pressure and overall air flow in cleft palate patients. The pressure-measuring catheter was positioned at the midportion of the oropharyngeal cavity with a facial mask. Test words were composed of 9 meaningless polysyllabic words and 17 meaningful words. Aerophone II and Nasometer II were used to measure peak air pressure, mean air pressure, maximum flow rate, volume, phonatory flow rate, nasalance. The data shows that airflow of the cleft palate patient group were higher than those of the control group. Intraoral air pressure of the cleft palate patient group was lower than those of the control group. The first vowel formant and first Bandwidths of the cleft palate patient group were higher than those of the control group.

• Korean Journal of Cleft Lip And Palate
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2008

The variations of cleft lip deformities imposed the difficulty to the surgical correction for them. Straight line technique for cleft lip surgery has been ignored quite long since other techniques were developed. Initially the straight line technique was introduced and widely accepted because it is simple and easy to perform during the period of no adequate anesthetics. But it was abandoned for its several shortcomings such as tighten lip, vermilion notching, anatomical distortion, and wound contractures. Recently, some groups advocated the usefulness of straight line technique which has a significant modification from its original form. Additionally the variable degree of cleft lip deformity allows simple straight line closure for those patients. Here a case of simple straight line technique was presented and discussed for its reliability and plausible results as well.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.198-204
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• 1999

The treatment of cleft lip and palate patients requires multidisciplinary coorperation, and the involved clinicians rely on the completeness and accuracy of the patient's medical records in developing comprehensive treatment plans. There are so many classifications in cleft lip and palate but each classification has advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore there are few classification or assessment in secondary cleft lip and palate deformities. A modification of Kenahan's Y classification in primary cleft lip and palate and new classification in secondary cleft lip and palate deformities are proposed as a simple and reproducible method. These reproducible classification may be used to facilitate not only storing and analyzing of medical informations in computer but also the planning of secondary repairs

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.483-486
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• 2020

Midline clefts of the upper lip are rare, and it is therefore important that surgeons have access to a methodical approach for when these presentations are encountered. We adapted principles of the anatomic subunit approximation for unilateral cleft lip, to the repair of midline clefts. The overt use of anatomic landmarks to define the repair results in a design that inherently adjusts to varying degrees of clefts and can accommodate asymmetries. The "measure twice, cut once" style is an advantage to new surgeons and to surgeons who seldom encounter this presentation. We describe the details of surgical repair in the context of a patient with Pai syndrome and associated nasal hamartomas that resulted in nasolabial asymmetry. This is the first report of surgical outcome following treatment of Pai syndrome and includes early and 5-year follow-up. The system of repair that we describe is applicable to both symmetric and asymmetric midline clefts.

• Proceedings of The Korean Cleft Lip And Palate Association
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.32-32
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• 2003

• Proceedings of The Korean Cleft Lip And Palate Association
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.26-26
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• 2003

• Proceedings of The Korean Cleft Lip And Palate Association
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• 1997.06a
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• pp.30-30
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• 1997

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.153-158
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• 1995

A wide variety of deformities can occur following repair of the cleft lip. Especially, cleft lip nasal deformities offer the severe psychologic, esthetic, and functional impairment. We must restore the deformities of alar cartilge, nasal tip, septum, columella, or pyriform aperture. The authors reconstructed the cleft lip nasal deformities using with the alar cartilage rearrangement, postauricular cartilage graft, and/or columellar lengthening. The 3 case reports are presented.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.333-335
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• 2009

Congenital palatal fistulas are rare, and few cases have been reported. Most reported cases present with a submucous cleft palate. In terms of etiology, whether the fistula is congenital or acquired has been debated. Moreover, there is not a generally accepted surgical procedure for repair of palatal fistulas. We present a case of a congenital palatal fistula with a submucous cleft palate that was successfully treated with a Furlow double - opposing Z - plasty. We discuss palatal fistulas with a review of the literature.

• Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology
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• v.11 no.2 s.22
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• pp.32-35
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• 2005

Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts are rare congenital anmalies of the upper aerodigestive tract. They range in severity from small soft tissue defects in the interarytenoid region to complete clefts of the larynx, trachea, and esophagus. Minor clefts with mild symptoms can be managed conservatively. But, major clefts requires prompt surgical managemet fur the best result. We report a case of a 1 month old male with laryngotracheoesophageal cleft. This cleft was corrected by thoracotomy and anterior laryngofissure approach.