Abstract
Objective The inaugural Cleft Summit aimed to unite experts and foster interdisciplinary collaboration, seeking a collective understanding of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) management. Design An interactive debate and conversation between a multidisciplinary cleft care team on VPI management Setting A two-hour discussion within a four-day comprehensive cleft care workshop (CCCW). Participants Thirty-two global leaders from various cleft disciplines Interventions Cleft Summit that allows for meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange. Main Outcome Measures Ability to reach consensus on a unified statement for VPI management. Results Participants agreed that a patient with significant VPI and a dynamic velum should first receive a surgery that lengthens the velum to optimize patient outcome. A global, multicenter prospective study should be done to test this hypothesis. Conclusion The 1st Cleft Summit successfully distilled global expertise into actionable best-practice guidelines through iterative discussions, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and paving the way for a transformative multi-center prospective study on VPI care.
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