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Abstract

To describe a modification of the Hogan lateral port control technique for pharyngeal-flap surgery.

Use of a 70-degree nasal endoscope to assist in the determination of lateral port diameter allows for better control of flap and port construction.

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Bardach

Surgical Techniques in Cleft Lip and Palate. St Louis: Mosby Year Book; 1991: 274–296.

Hogan

V.M.

A clarification of the surgical goals in cleft palate speech and the introduction of the lateral port control (l. p. c.) pharyngeal flap.

Cleft Palate J. 1973; 10: 331–345.