A common method to treat Velopharyngeal insufficiency is pharyngeal flap surgery, where tissue from the back of the mouth is used to close part of the gap. Other ways of treating velopharyngeal insufficiency is by placing a posterior nasopharyngeal wall implant (commonly cartilage or collagen) or type of soft palate lengthening procedure (i.e. VY palatoplasty).
Velopharyngeal inadequacy
Velopharyngeal insufficiency
Congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck
Patulous Eustachian tube
Nasal septum deviation
Salivary gland hypoplasia
Persistent thyroglossal duct
Esophageal motility disorder