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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1989;32(1): 119-23. |
Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency by Digital Subtraction Radiography |
Chul Hee Lee, MD1, Yong Sic Lee, MD1, and In One Kim, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, 2;Diagnostic Radiolgy, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea |
전산화감산촬영술을 이용한 구개인두 부전의 평가 |
李哲熙1 · 李勇湜1 · 金仁元2 |
서울大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室1;診斷放射線科學敎室2; |
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ABSTRACT |
The exact evaluation of the mechanism of velopharyngeal valving in VPI patient is essential to the selection of treatment method and satisfactory result of the treatment. For this purpose several kinds of radiological techniques were developed such as lateral cephalogram, cinefluoroscopy and recently videofluoroscopy. But the poor
quality of the image obtained by above methods has made the evaluation of the dynamic velopharyngeal sphinteric mechanism unsatisfactory. So authors tried to introduce new radiological technique of digital subtraction velopharyngography. With this technique, exact evaluation of velopharyngeal valving mechanism including LPWM(lateral pharyngeal wall movement) was possible, and we could choose the most appropriate treatment method.
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