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Hard and soft palates of a 5-year-old boy with a history of Furlow double-opposing Z-plasty palatoplasty (dashed line). Note the short palatal length and nonanatomical location of the velum relative to the posterior pharyngeal wall.
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A short velum was noted (Fig 1), so he underwent palatal lengthening with double-opposing buccal flaps.