1999
Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap Versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty
Lin K, Goldberg D, Williams C, Borowitz K, Persing J, Edgerton M. Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap Versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 1999, 36: 73-78. DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1999)036<0073:ltoaot>2.3.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCleft PalateFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMultivariate AnalysisOroantral FistulaPalatal MusclesPharyngeal MusclesPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSleep Apnea SyndromesSpeechSpeech DisordersSpeech PerceptionSurgical FlapsTreatment OutcomeVelopharyngeal InsufficiencyConceptsObstructive sleep apneaCleft palatePostoperative complicationsSleep apneaPharyngeal flapSurgical techniquePostoperative obstructive sleep apneaZ-plastySpeech resultsTerm outcome analysisUse of nasometryZ-plasty groupMajority of patientsSerious postoperative complicationsZ-plasty repairResidual velopharyngeal insufficiencyGood speech resultsZ-plasty techniquePostoperative hypernasalityAdditional surgeryFlap groupFistula formationVelopharyngeal insufficiencyOutcome analysisPatientsLong-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty
Lin K, Goldberg D, Williams C, Borowitz K, Persing J, Edgerton M. Long-Term Outcome Analysis of Two Treatment Methods for Cleft Palate: Combined Levator Retropositioning and Pharyngeal Flap versus Double-Opposing Z-Plasty. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 1999, 36: 73-78. PMID: 10067766, DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569_1999_036_0073_ltoaot_2.3.co_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCleft PalateFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMultivariate AnalysisOroantral FistulaPalatal MusclesPharyngeal MusclesPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSleep Apnea SyndromesSpeechSpeech DisordersSpeech PerceptionSurgical FlapsTreatment OutcomeVelopharyngeal InsufficiencyConceptsObstructive sleep apneaPharyngeal flapCleft palatePostoperative complicationsSleep apneaSurgical techniquePostoperative obstructive sleep apneaZ-plastySpeech resultsTerm outcome analysisUse of nasometryZ-plasty groupMajority of patientsSerious postoperative complicationsZ-plasty repairResidual velopharyngeal insufficiencyGood speech resultsZ-plasty techniquePostoperative hypernasalityAdditional surgeryFlap groupFistula formationVelopharyngeal insufficiencyOutcome analysisPatients
1991
Surgical Treatment of Metopic Synostosis
Shaffrey M, Persing J, Delashaw J, Shaffrey C, Jane J. Surgical Treatment of Metopic Synostosis. Neurosurgery Clinics Of North America 1991, 2: 621-627. PMID: 1821308, DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30723-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetopic synostosisPatient ageSurgical treatmentEarly surgical treatmentRate of brainCranial vault growthSurgical techniqueAesthetic deformityBony remodelingSkull deformitySynostosisFixation methodsSkull abnormalitiesAgeDeformityCranial bonesSignificant benefitsAccurate assessmentTreatmentCraniofacial defects
1990
Treatment of bilateral coronal synostosis in infancy: a holistic approach.
Persing J, Jane J, Delashaw J. Treatment of bilateral coronal synostosis in infancy: a holistic approach. Journal Of Neurosurgery 1990, 72: 171-5. PMID: 2295914, DOI: 10.3171/jns.1990.72.2.0171.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
The Craniofacial Resection—Eleven‐Year Experience at the University of Virginia: Problems and Solutions
Levine P, Scher R, Jane J, Persing J, Newman S, Miller J, Cantrell R. The Craniofacial Resection—Eleven‐Year Experience at the University of Virginia: Problems and Solutions. Otolaryngology 1989, 101: 665-669. PMID: 2512555, DOI: 10.1177/019459988910100609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirginia Health Sciences CenterMedial canthal ligamentHealth Sciences CenterUnderwent repeatRecurrent diseaseExtended resectionNeurologic problemsSignificant complicationsCavernous sinusCraniofacial resectionSurgical techniqueLacrimal sacCanthal ligamentPatientsYears' experienceResectionComplicationsUniversity of VirginiaEsthesioneuroblastomaScience CenterSurgerySinusTumorsInfectionDisease