Quantification of dynamic velopharyngeal port excursion following sphincter pharyngoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1205-1211

  Witt, Peter D ^a   Marsh, Jeffrey L ^b   Arlis, Harry ^b   Grames, Lynn Marty ^b   Ellis, Ramsey A ^b   Pilgram, Thomas K ^b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031899679     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804010-00005     Document Type: Article

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