Altered speech following adenoidectomy: A 20 year experience

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 469-473

  Stewart, K J ^a   Ahmad, T ^a   Watson, A C H ^a   Razzell, R E ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Cleft; Pharyngoplasty; Pharynx; Speech; Velum

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NASOPHARYNX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036382239     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2002.3886     Document Type: Article

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