Buccal-Based Flap Techniques in Secondary Cleft Palate Surgery: A Scoping Review of Current Evidence and Research Gaps.
Secondary cleft palate reconstruction is challenging because residual or recurrent complications after palatoplasty occur in scarred, tissue-deficient, poorly vascularized fields, and buccal-based flaps are increasingly used for oronasal fistula (ONF) repair and for velopharyngeal dysfunction or insufficiency (VPD/VPI)...