Speech and swallowing following radial forearm flap reconstruction of major soft palate defects

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-311

  McCombe, D ^a   Lyons, B ^a   Winkler, R ^a   Morrison, W ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal reconstruction; Radial forearm free flap; Speech; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PALATE MALFORMATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SKINFOLD; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 14944367927     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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