Soft Palate Cleft
4. INTRAVELAR VELOPLASTY (type III) as SOMMERLAD’S LEVATOR + PALATOPHARYNGEUS, - GLOSSUS MUSCLE REPAIR, TENSOR SLING PROCEDUREwith IVANOV’S UVULA RECONSTRUCTION
At 5 months in complete CLAP cases At 7 months in sP and hPsP cases
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