Reconstruction of the soft palate by uvulopalatal flap

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Zohar, Yuval ^a   Buler, Nora ^a   Shvilli, Ytshak ^a   Sabo, Reni ^a  

^a HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; PALATE MALFORMATION; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TISSUE FLAP; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031973125     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199801000-00009     Document Type: Article

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