Clinical Study
Results and Complications of 1104 Surgeries for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Table 4
Advantages and disadvantages of the superiorly and inferiorly based pharyngeal flap.
| | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Superiorly based flap | more physiological | more nasal obstruction | postoperative bleeding may be stopped easier | later correction is more difficult | larger VP gap can be bridged | |
| Inferiorly based flap | later correction is easier | difficult to stop postoperative hemorrhage | less nasal obstruction | less physiological | function well visible during speech therapy | |
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