The double transposition flap for closure of the extremely wide hard palate cleft

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Bakthavachalam, Sivi ^b   Ducic, Yadranko ^a  

^a JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PLASTIC SURGERY;

CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; INFANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33745801366     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.8.2.123     Document Type: Article

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