The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia modification of the Furlow double-opposing z-palatoplasty: Long-term speech and growth results

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-249

  LaRossa, Don ^a,b   Jackson, Oksana Hunenko ^a,c   Kirschner, Richard E ^a,b   Low, David W ^a,b   Solot, Cynthia B ^a   Cohen, Marilyn A ^a,d   Mayro, Rosario ^a   Wang, Peter ^e   Minugh Purvis, Nancy ^a,b   Randall, Peter ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; FURLOW DOUBLE OPPOSING Z PALATOPLASTY; HARD PALATE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MAXILLA; PALATOPLASTY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SKULL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE; PHILADELPHIA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 2442605506     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1298(03)00141-X     Document Type: Review

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