Velopharyngeal function after microsurgical reconstruction of lateral and superior oropharyngeal defects

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1037-1042

  Kimata, Yoshihiro ^a   Uchiyama, Kiyotaka ^a   Sakuraba, Minoru ^a   Ebihara, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Ryuichi ^a   Haneda, Tatsumasa ^a   Onitsuka, Testuro ^a   Asakage, Takahiro ^a   Nakatsuka, Takashi ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral and superior oropharyngeal defect; Postoperative functional analysis; Reconstruction method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENUDE METHOD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEHANNO METHOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUMP METHOD; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NOSE AIRFLOW; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATCH METHOD; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPEECH; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036275231     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200206000-00019     Document Type: Article

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