Analysis of velopharyngeal morphology in adults with velopharyngeal incompetence after surgery of a cleft palate

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-54

  Lu, Yong ^a   Shi, Bing ^a   Zheng, Qian ^a   Xiao, Wenlin ^a   Li, Sheng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cephalometrics; Cleft palate; Need ratio; Velopharyngeal function; Velopharyngeal morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHINA; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORTHODONTICS; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33745616127     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000208937.05684.38     Document Type: Article

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