A technique for repair of the 'unrepairable' cleft palate

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 658-660

  Hill, C ^a   Riaz, M ^a   Leonard, A G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Buccinator flap; Palatal fistula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032733632     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3199     Document Type: Article

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