A possible otological complication due to maxillary expansion in a cleft lip and palate patient

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 416-420

  Aizenbud, Dror ^a   Hefer, Tsila ^c   Rachmiel, Adi ^a   Figueroa, Alvaro A ^b   Joachims, Henry Z ^c   Laufer, Dov ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rambam Medical Centre ^*

Author keywords

Audiogram; Crossbite; Maxillary expansion; Quad helix appliance; Secretory otitis media; Tympanogram; Unilateral cleft lip and palate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP PALATE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033919194     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2000)037<0416:APOCDT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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