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JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY AND HAND SURGERY
Volume 46, Issue 3-4, Pages 155-158Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2012.683796
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Delayed hard palate closure; UCLP; palatal vault height
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The present study compared the height of the palatal vault in dental casts from 320 10-year-old children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) operated on with the push-back technique according to Wardill-Kilner (W-K) with patients operated on with delayed hard palate closure (DHPC). The palatal height in patients operated on with the DHPC technique was found to be significantly higher than in patients operated on with the W-K technique. This coincides with better maxillary growth and better speech in the DHPC group.
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