An update on the timing of hard palate closure: A critical long-term analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 350-352

  Rohrich, Rod J ^a,b   Gosman, Amanda A ^a,b  

^a Univ of TX Southwestern Med Ctr ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE GRAFT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FACE DEVELOPMENT; FACE GROWTH; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PALATOPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPEECH DISORDER; TIME;

CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPEECH DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1242287080     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000097286.00667.4F     Document Type: Review

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