[Closure of residual clefts of the palate. Indications and technic]

Residual defects of the palate, a possible complication of early surgery in the view of MALEK and PSAUME, should be closed as early as possible in order to avoid compromising normal acquisition of language while respecting bony growth. The technique described (staphylorrhaphy under cover of a rigid compression arch) takes both these requirements into account.