A technique for repair of the ‘unrepairable’ cleft palate

The ‘unrepairable’ cleft palate may be described as one in which the width of the cleft exceeds the sum of the widths of the palatal shelves. A report of such a case is presented, and the technique used to repair the cleft using bilateral buccinator musculomucosal flaps is described. It is offered as a suggested technique for the management of such cases in the future.