The timing and management of dynamic muscular pharyngeal sphincter construction in velopharyngeal incompetence

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-87

  Orticochea, Miguel ^a  

^a Consultorio de Especialistas ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPEECH THERAPY; SPHINCTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033103612     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.3031     Document Type: Review

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