Retropharyngeal Fat Transfer for Congenital Short Palate

摘要: Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) occurs when the soft palate or “velum” fails to make contact with back of throat “pharynx,” a function necessary for normal speech and swallowing. The subject is unable close off oral cavity (mouth) from nasal (nose). Symptoms velopharyngeal are described as well preoperative assessment criteria indications retropharyngeal fat injection In patients, especially children, mild due constitutional short (possibly revealed after adenoidectomy) resistant therapy, transplantation autologous in dorsal pharyngeal wall build up ridge gives satisfactory functional results.