Single surgeon's experience with Furlow palatoplasty and the fistula rate

Surgical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 138-142

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

^a Leighton Centre   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Furlow palatoplasty; Palatal fistula

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PALATE FISTULA; PALATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33748987037     PISSN: 17441625     EISSN: 17441633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2006.00315.x     Document Type: Review

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