Outcomes in pharyngoplasty: A 10-year experience

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-225

  Pryor, Landon S ^a   Lehman, James ^a,b,d   Parker, Michael G ^a,c   Schmidt, Anna ^b   Fox, Lynn ^b   Murthy, Ananth S ^c  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Akron Plastic Surgeons Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Pharyngoplasty; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33644991704     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/04-115.1     Document Type: Article

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