Positive narrowing pharyngoplasty with forearm flap for functional restoration after extensive soft palate resection

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 388-393

  Hashikawa, Kazumobu ^a,b   Tahara, Shinya ^a,b   Terashi, Hiroto ^a,b   Ichinose, Akihiro ^a,b   Nomura, Tadashi ^a,b   Omori, Makoto ^a,b   Sanno, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a Kobe Univ Grad School of Medicine ^*

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044253613     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000148447.33144.14     Document Type: Article

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