Does velopharyngeal closure pattern affect the success of pharyngeal flap pharyngoplasty?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Armour, Alexis ^a,b   Fischbach, Simone ^a,b   Klaiman, Paula ^a,b   Fisher, David M ^a,b  

^a Hospital for Sick Children ^*

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 13244249557     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000145635.87742.AF     Document Type: Article

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