Frenotomy and frenuloplasty: If, when, and how

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-97

  Lauren Lalakea, M ^a,b   Messner, Anna H ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; INCISION; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCAR FORMATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE FLAP; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0036521413     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otot.2002.32157     Document Type: Article

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