Velopharyngoplasty and Tonsillectomy: Whether to Perform Them Simultaneously

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-447

  Lo, Thomas P ^a   Thaller, Seth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; HUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH DISORDER; TIME; TONSILLECTOMY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0141725608     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200307000-00006     Document Type: Article

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