Incidence and cluster occurrence of palatal fistula after furlow palatoplasty by a single surgeon

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Mak, Sze Yuen Anthony ^a,b,d   Wong, Wai Hong ^a,b,d   Or, Chi Kong ^a,b,d   Poon, Angela Ming See ^c  

^a Hong Kong Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Centre   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Leighton Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Fistula; Furlow palatoplasty; Incidence; Nursing care; Parental supervision; SARS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FURLOW PALATOPLASTY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NURSING CARE; OPERATION DURATION; PALATE FISTULA; PALATOPLASTY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; Z PLASTY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLARY DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745585354     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000205176.90736.e4     Document Type: Article

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