Use of vomer flap in palatoplasty: Revisited

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Agrawal, Karoon ^a   Panda, Kasi Nath ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Cleft palate repair; Palatoplasty; Vomer flap

Indexed keywords

CLEFT PALATE; FACE GROWTH; FACE MALFORMATION; FISTULA; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE MALFORMATION; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT PALATE; TISSUE FLAP; VOMER FLAP; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL SEPTUM; ORAL FISTULA; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; PERIOSTEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 32044438047     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/04-034.1     Document Type: Review

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