The correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency by Furlow palatoplasty in patients older than 3 years undergoing Veau-Wardill-Kilner palatoplasty: A prospective clinical study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Deren, Orgun ^a,b   Ayhan, Meltem ^a,b   Tuncel, Asuman ^a,b   Görgü, Metin ^a,b   Altuntaş, Ali ^a,b   Kutlay, Rohat ^a,b   Erdoǧan, Bülent ^a,b  

^a Ankara Numune Research and Education Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744463041     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000169714.38796.AD     Document Type: Article

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