Pharyngeal flap surgery: Protocols, complications, and outcomes at the University of Iowa

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Canady, John W ^a   Cable, Benjamin B ^a   Karnell, Michael P ^a   Karnell, Lucy Hynds ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; THROAT SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141992873     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00709-5     Document Type: Article

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