Surgical technique for the correction of postpalatoplasty fistulae of the hard palate

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 383-387

  Denny, Arlen D ^a,b   Amm, Christian A ^a  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ^*

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HARD PALATE; HARD PALATE FISTULA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; OPERATION DURATION; PALATOPLASTY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORAL FISTULA; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, HARD; PERIOSTEUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044266999     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000148650.32055.01     Document Type: Article

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