JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.25, sa.5, ss.1728-1733, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
The aims of the cleft palate repair techniques are to reduce the velopharyngeal insufficiency risk and oronasal fistula development to minimal levels without affecting the maxillofacial development. In this article, we present a retrospective study comparing the conventional palatoplasty techniques with the new technique of rotation palatoplasty for the risk of development of oronasal fistula.