Speech Benefits of Posterior Pharyngeal Flap Are Preserved After Surgical Flap Division for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Experience With Division of 12 Flaps

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 630-636

  Agarwal, Tripti ^a   Sloan, Gerald M ^a   Zajac, David ^a   Uhrich, Kim S ^a   Meadows, William ^a   Lewchalermwong, J Amera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pharyngeal flap; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHARYNX; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0642311096     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200309000-00006     Document Type: Article

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