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February 27, 2026Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery0 citations

Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Effects on Life Outcome Scores and Decision-Making for Secondary Speech Surgery after Palatoplasty

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MBMeghana BhaskaraKTKhoa TranTGTyra Gillispie

Key Points

  • The study aims to assess how velopharyngeal insufficiency affects quality of life and subsequent decisions regarding surgery after palatoplasty.
  • Administration of the VELO instrument to measure quality of life.
  • Clinical evaluations to assess hypernasality.
  • Longitudinal analysis of patient decisions regarding surgery.
  • Patients with unaffected quality of life may not seek additional management for hypernasality.
  • Combining VELO assessments with clinical evaluations can better identify patients needing surgery.

Abstract

Patients may not pursue additional management for hypernasality if QoL is unaffected, regardless of clinical assessment. Recurrent administration of the VELO instrument and clinical evaluation together can identify functionally limiting hypernasality that merits surgery.

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Bhaskara et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a1355fed1d949a99abf2cchttps://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000012971
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