Table 2. Outcomes by procedure. Mean percentage of patients ± standard deviation (number of studies, number of patients).
Fat Injection | Furlow or IVP | PF | Honig | SP or Hynes | All | |
Normal resonance | 11±24 (2, 9) | 18±19 (2, 33) | 62±79 (11, 175) | 48±100 (3, 86) | 44±108 (8, 68) | 50±98 (26, 371) |
Normal nasal emissions | 33±141 (2, 9) | 36±0 (1, 14) | 50±124 (5, 118) | 51±37 (3, 43) | 47±35 (5, 38) | 48±79 (16, 222) |
Understandable | 67±71 (2, 9) | - (0, 0) | 89±102 (2, 27) | 88±73 (2, 50) | 25±50 (2, 4) | 83±77 (8, 90) |
Hyponasal | 0±0 (1, 3) | 7±0 (1, 14) | 4±35 (8, 143) | 2±19 (2, 42) | 6±30 (9, 100) | 5±29 (21, 302) |
OSA | 0±0 (2, 9) | 0±0 (4, 45) | 1±6 (11, 181) | 0±0 (2, 69) | 2±8 (9, 108) | 1±6 (28, 412) |
Needing further surgery | 33±0 (2, 9) | 50±154 (6, 54) | 7±66 (10, 142) | 15±31 (3, 86) | 13±34 (9, 94) | 17±92 (30, 385) |
IVP: intravelar veloplasty; PF: pharyngeal flap; SP: sphincter pharyngoplasty.