Management of the black hole in velopharyngeal incompetence: Combined use of a Furlow palatoplasty and sphincter pharyngoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1538-1545

  Gosain, Arun K ^a   Arneja, Jugpal S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34147095331     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000256066.44095.00     Document Type: Article

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