The uvulopalatal flap for reconstruction of the soft palate

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 612-615

  Boyd Gillespie, M ^a   Eisele, David W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Soft palate; Uvula; Uvulopalatal flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; UVULOPALATAL FLAP; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0343091522     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200004000-00014     Document Type: Article

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