An anatomic evaluation of the furlow double opposing z-plasty technique of cleft palate repair

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 672-676

  Huang, Mhs ^a,b,c,d   Riski, J E ^a   Cohen, S R ^a   Simms, C A ^a   Burstein, F D ^a  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Shaw House   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anatomic evaluation; Cleft palate; Furlow double opposing Z piasty; Velar anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PALATE; PALATE, SOFT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033183560     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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