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ArticleDentistry journal2026

Does Palatoplasty in Patients with Cleft Palate Really Improve Otitis Media with Effusion?

Yosuke Kunitomi, Toshiki Hyodo, Yoshiaki Kitsukawa, Aya Koike, Yasuhiro Tsubura, Yuske Komiyama, Chonji Fukumoto, Takahiro Wakui, Hiroshi Kamioka, Hitoshi Kawamata

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yosuke KunitomiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.ORCID 0009-0009-2417-4156
Toshiki HyodoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Yoshiaki KitsukawaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Aya KoikeDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Yasuhiro TsuburaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Yuske KomiyamaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2301-6895
Chonji FukumotoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5160-6892
Takahiro WakuiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.ORCID 0009-0005-9838-6734
Hiroshi KamiokaDepartment of Orthodontics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8525, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6605-6486
Hitoshi KawamataDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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cleft palateotitis media with effusion (OME)palatoplastyvelopharyngeal function (VPF)

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PMID41744924
PMCPMC12939578

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