 Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
"Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
| Descriptor ID |
D014681
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.525.955 C07.550.966 C07.650.525.955 C09.775.955 C16.131.850.525.955
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| Concept/Terms |
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
- Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal
- Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal
- Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Velopharyngeal
- Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
- Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
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| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" by people in Profiles.
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Kotlarek K, Allen G, Neuberger I, Bunton K. Velopharyngeal Anatomy and Speech Production in Cleft Palate Surrounding Primary Palatoplasty: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Pilot Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Jul 10; 15:e97206.
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Williamson LE, Patel KG, Cheung MH, Gregoski MJ, Montiel MS, Pecha PP. Characterizing Secondary Velopharyngeal Surgery in Children With Cleft Palate at an Academic Center. Laryngoscope. 2026 06; 136(6):2792-2800.
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Chernov ES, Taniguchi AN, Nguyen SA, Sutton SR, Pecha PP, Patel KG, Montiel M, Carroll WW. Surgical outcomes and revision rates for velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in syndromic and non-syndromic children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Otolaryngol. 2024 Jul-Aug; 45(4):104341.
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Duckett KA, Poupore NS, Carroll WW, Pecha PP. Preoperative Imaging in Patients with 22q11 Deletion Syndrome Undergoing Velopharyngeal Surgery. Laryngoscope. 2024 06; 134(6):2551-2561.
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Corbisiero MF, Smyth A, Stellern J, Leoniak S, Raines MM, Axford B, Dobbie AM. Mitigating Infectious Complications of Injection Pharyngoplasty with Calcium Hydroxyapatite for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: Retropharyngeal Abscess and Osteomyelitis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2025 Feb; 62(2):347-350.
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Nigh E, Rubio GA, Hillam J, Armstrong M, Debs L, Thaller SR. Autologous Fat Injection for Treatment of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jul; 28(5):1248-1254.
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Wagner RD, Wolfswinkel EM, Buchanan EP, Khechoyan DY. Surgical Outcomes for Speech Surgery in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: The Dilemma of Persistent Velopharyngeal Insufficiency After Pharyngeal Flap Operation. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jul; 28(5):1320-1324.
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Setabutr D, Roth CT, Nolen DD, Cervenka B, Sykes JM, Senders CW, Tollefson TT. Revision rates and speech outcomes following pharyngeal flap surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2015 May-Jun; 17(3):197-201.
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O'Connell BP, Dobbie AM, Oyer SL, Montiel M, Hufnagle K, Patel KG, Discolo CM, Nguyen SA, White DR. The impact of adenoid size on rate of revision sphincter pharyngoplasty. Laryngoscope. 2014 Sep; 124(9):2170-5.
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Tieu DD, Gerber ME, Milczuk HA, Parikh SR, Perkins JA, Yoon PJ, Sie KC. Generation of consensus in the application of a rating scale to nasendoscopic assessment of velopharyngeal function. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Oct; 138(10):923-8.
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