Obstructive Sleep Apnea Following Secondary Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in Children with Non-Syndromic Cleft Palate: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Systematic review.

Objective

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a possible complication following secondary velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery in patients with repaired cleft palate. Various surgical techniques are used to treat secondary velopharyngeal insufficiency after cleft palate repair, but the optimal procedure remains debatable. This review provides an overview of the incidence of airway obstructive outcomes related to different surgical modalities.

Methods

A systematic search was performed on the 1st of February following the PRISMA guidelines and registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022299715). The following databases were reviewed: Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Library databases. Studies that included data on the oc

SUBMITTER: Chin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995821 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature