Baba Farid University Dental Journal
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

“Velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI) - surgical management - Archives revisited”

  • Author:
  • Savitha Muddiah, Vaibhav Sachdev, Amitabha Sarkar, Karthikeyan Ramalingam1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 130 to 132

1Address for Correspondence: Dr. R. Karthikeyan, Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, Surendera Dental College and Research Institute, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India

Online published on 7 December, 2011.

Abstract

Velopharyngeal Incompetence (VPI) Is an abnormality characterized by an excessive amount of nasal air escaping during speech; wherein there Is an abnormal separation of nasopharynx from the oropharynx occurs. In this article, we have revisited the archives and shortly described the various surgical methods in use for surgical management of VPI.

Keywords

Velopharyngeal Incompetence, pharyngoplasty, augmentation