Cleft palate repair by Furlow double-reversing Z-plasty: First speech results at the age of 6 years

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-26

  Vokurkova J ^a,c   Mrazek T ^a   Vyska T ^a   Peslova M ^b   Vesely J ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c Dept of Plast and Aesthetic Surg ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Furlow palatoplasty; Speech assessment; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; Z PLASTY;

CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034068440     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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