the mucoperiosteal island flap , first designed to provide nasal lining during pushback lengthening of a short cleft palate , has been used to assist in reconstruction of large soft palate defects following resection for cancer , to create and maintain patency of the velopharyngeal aperture after stenosis and to maintain patency of the nasal airway after resection of bony choanal atresia .
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