Abstract
Idiopathic hemipalatal hypoplasia is rare and leads to speech problems and the regurgitation
of fluids, and the reconstruction of asymmetrical velopharyngeal incompetence is a
challenge to the cleft surgeon. We present a case in a 5-year-old boy, and introduce
the one-stage surgical technique that we used to resolve it.
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Publication history
Published online: November 11, 2019
Accepted:
April 19,
2019
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© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
