Is pharyngoplasty a risk in velocardiofacial syndrome? An assessment of medially displaced carotid arteries

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1182-1190

  Ross, David A ^a,b   Witzel, Mary Anne ^a   Armstrong, Derek C ^a   Thomson, Hugh G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Monash Plastic Surgery Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT FACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029854475     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199612000-00009     Document Type: Article

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