A fiberscopic analysis of velopharyngeal movement before and after primary palatoplasty in cleft palate infants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 668-674

  Igawa, Hiroharu H ^a   Nishizawa, Noriko ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a   Inuyama, Yukio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; PALATE MALFORMATION; PALATOPLASTY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031669408     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809010-00008     Document Type: Article

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