Repair over-wide cleft palate with bilateral buccal musculomucosal flaps

Objective To search a more suitable method that was used for repairing over-wide cleft palate. Methods 12 over-wide cleft palate cases were repaired with bilateral buccal musculomucosal flaps. Results The operation results in all cases were satisfactory. Conclusion ①The method does not traumatize the periosteum of the hard palate, thus alleviating postoperative maxillary deformity;②The method benefits from reconstructing the levator muscle and facilitates velo-pharyngeal closure; ③The soft palate would be pushed-back adequately while inserting the buccal musculomucosal flap between the hard palate and softpalate. Otherwise, the complications of the palatoplasty would happen little by this way.