Comparison of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Children with Cleft Palate following Furlow Palatoplasty or Pharyngeal Flap for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

Abstract

A Furlow palatoplasty should be used in deference to a pharyngeal flap whenever possible on the basis of the preoperative evaluation of VPI because of the decreased incidence and severity of OSAS.