Comparison of palatal sensitivity after treatment of cleft palate by a supraperiosteal or mucoperiosteal flap

The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Makoto NoguchiGen-iku Kohama

Abstract

We compared palatal sensitivity after push-back palatoplasty in patients operated on with a conventional mucoperiosteal flap and with a supraperiosteal flap. We studied 37 patients, whose mean age was 18 years (range 11-28), with unilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate who required palatoplasty at our clinic; 18 patients had a supraperiosteal, and 19 a mucoperiosteal flap. Thresholds of palatal sensitivity were measured with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. The mean values of thresholds of palatal sensitivity in patients who had a push-back palatoplasty were higher than those in a normal control group. The mean values for patients who had a supraperiosteal flap were significantly lower than those who had a mucoperiosteal flap.

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Jun 24, 2003·Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery : Official Publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery·Makoto NoguchiGen iku Kohama
Jan 8, 2008·The Cleft Palate-craniofacial Journal : Official Publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association·Jing-Hong XuWei-Hua Wu
Feb 10, 2009·Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics·Stefan StübingerConstantin A Landes
Feb 6, 2008·Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : JPRAS·Aebele B Mink van der MolenBart M Stubenitsky

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