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Question 53#

The following is true regarding cleft palate surgery:

A. The Veau-Kilner-Wardill technique is also described as the ‘push forward’ technique
B. The von Langenbeck technique involves raising a unipedicled flap
C. Intravelar veloplasty involves repair of the nasal mucosa
D. The Furlow technique is a V-Y plasty
E. The Furlow technique is a W-plasty

Correct Answer is C

Comment:

Intravelar veloplasty involves repair of the nasal mucosa. The Veau-KilnerWardill technique is a push-back technique, the von Langenbeck technique is a bepidicled technique and Furlow described the doubleopposing Z-plasty.