Z-palatoplasty (ZPP): A technique for patients without tonsils

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-100

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b   Ibrahim, Hani Z ^a,b   Vidyasagar, Ramakrishnan ^a,b   Pomeranz, Jonathan ^a   Joseph, Ninos J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATOPLASTY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; Z PALATOPLASTY; Z PLASTY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142604965     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.02.051     Document Type: Article

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