Pharyngeal obturator prostheses restore the congenital or acquired defects of the soft palate and allow adequate closure of palatopharyngeal sphincter. Two patients with soft palate defect and subsequent velopharyngeal insufficiency were rehabilitated using pharyngeal obturator prostheses which had different retention mechanisms. Since it is necessary for swallowing and intelligible speech, the...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to evaluate clinical application of autologous fat transplantation in the posterior pharynx to treat velopharyngeal incompetence and cleft palate. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Cleft Lip and Palate Center of Plastic Surgery Hospital, an academic medical center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We studied 11 patients (age, 5-26 years) with a cleft palate and...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Laryngeal dysplasia due to suspected maldevelopment of the fourth branchial arch has been reported previously in the horse and has been associated with rostral displacement of the palatopharyngeal arch and/or right laryngeal dysfunction. These studies all described the endoscopic and/or anatomical post mortem identification of the disease, but ultrasonography or mag...

Head of the National Cancer Institute, Clinic for Tumors; CEO of the Clinical Hospital Center “Sisters of Mercy”, Vinogradska cesta 29, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia c snoring is associated with obstructive sleep apnoea, it can result in mucosal hyperkeratosis.4 Repeated vibration of the palatopharyngeal soft tissue can therefore result in a progression from inflammation, to oedema, to hypertrophy, and...

Dear Editor, Compression of endotracheal tube in palatopharyngeal surgery is an inherent problem. Many modifications of the Davis mouth gag have been used. The tongue blade has also undergone various modifications to prevent endotracheal tube compression. A slot and a middle groove have been incorporated to prevent the tube compression. This definitely reduced the magnitude of the problem. Late...

A 5-year-old Oldenburg mare presented for poor performance, head-tossing and bucking when ridden. An abnormal respiratory noise was audible during exercise. Computed tomography (CT) revealed right laryngeal dysplasia; an absent cricothyroid articulation, abnormally shaped thyroid cartilage, underdeveloped cricopharyngeus muscle, rostral displacement of the palatopharyngeal arch oesophageal air ...