METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT URANOSTAPHYLOPLASTY Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves additionally cutting out meeting triangular flaps in the middle part of oral soft palatine mucosa and blow the middle part of nasal mucosa. The oral mucosa triangles are of opposite direction relative to nasal mucosa ones. The nasal and oral mucosorrhaphy is carried out making transposition of meeting triangular flaps. Static suspension of the soft palate is carried out. Broken sphenoid bone hooks are sutured with allotendon thread. The thread is tightly drawn, tied in knot and attached to palatine aponeurosis. Then it is isolated from laryngopharyngeal cavity by suturing nasal mucosa wound mouth edges to mucoperiosteal flaps. EFFECT: preventing pathologic dilation of throat ring middle part, soft palate shortening and hard cicatrix formation; repaired speech and nutrition function. 3 cl, 6 dwg