METHOD FOR APPLYING URANOPLASTIC Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves freshening cleft palate edges. Two mucoperiosteal bridge grafts are produced. Nasal mucous membrane is separated in the hard palatine area. Vasculoneural fascicles are drawn. Mesopharyngoconstriction is carried out with soft palatine muscle separation from posterior hard palatine edge and internal pterygoid plate of sphenoid bone via cut in retromolar area being done. Musculus palatopharyngeal and superior pharyngeal constrictor are additionally separated on the both sides of the cleft palate. Internal edges of the bridge grafts and nasal mucous membrane edges are sutured allover the hard palatine. Then, separated muscles of one side of the cleft palate are joined in series to muscles of the same name on the opposite side using loop sutures with the whole mass of each of the separated muscles being captured. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness and reliability of treatment. 2 cl