Surgical management of velopharyngeal insufficiency following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: Report of three cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1151-1153

  Jackson, Ian T ^a,b   Kennedy, D ^a  

^a Third Floor Fisher Center   (United States)

^b Fisher Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SURGICAL FLAPS; UVULA; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030894284     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199704000-00038     Document Type: Article

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