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Minimal incision palatopharyngoplasty (MIPP) vs MIPP with additional individualised velopharyngeal surgery (pharyngeal flap or sphincter pharyngoplasty): Instrumental assessment: velopharyngeal complete closure and gap size (videonasopharyngoscopy and multiview videofluoroscopy)

Population
Children or adolescents aged 3 years or older with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) associated with non-syndromic submucous cleft palate
Intervention
Minimal incision palatopharyngoplasty (MIPP)
Comparison
MIPP with additional individualised velopharyngeal surgery (pharyngeal flap or sphincter pharyngoplasty)
Outcome
Instrumental assessment: velopharyngeal complete closure and gap size (videonasopharyngoscopy and multiview videofluoroscopy)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Minimal incision palatopharyngoplasty (MIPP) vs MIPP with additional individualised velopharyngeal surgery (pharyngeal flap or sphincter pharyngoplasty)
Instrumental assessment: velopharyngeal complete closure and gap size (videonasopharyngoscopy and multiview videofluoroscopy) · Children or adolescents aged 3 years or older with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) associated with non-syndromic… · 3 months post-operatively
Interventions for the management of submucous cleft palate (2008) · Cochrane All outcomes
Complete closure occurred in 32 (86%) of the participants in group 1 (MIPP) and in 31 (89%) in group 2, P > 0.05. After eliminating the nine patients with residual velopharyngeal insufficiency, the post-operative gap…1 study · 72 participantsGRADE not reported

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for the management of submucous cleft palate
2008 · Cochrane All outcomes
2007-03Not listedNot assessed
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