A comparison of the effects of Veau-Wardill-Kilner palatoplasty and Furlow double-opposing Z-plasty operations on Eustachian tube function

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 266-270

  Güneren, Ethem ^a   Özsoy, Zafer ^b   Ulay, Mithat ^b   Eryilmaz, Erhan ^b   Özkul, Haluk ^b   Geary, Philip Michael ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bezm i Alem Valide Sultan Vakif G ^*  (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Eustachian tube function; Palatoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0342369604     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2000)037<0266:ACOTEO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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