Perioperative airway complications following pharyngeal flap palatoplasty

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 808-811

  Pena, M ^a   Boyajian, M ^a   Choi, S ^a   Zalzal, G ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Cleft palate; Pharyngeal flap; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033767348     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900904     Document Type: Article

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