Cerclage sphincter pharyngoplasty: A new technique for velopharyngeal insufficiency

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 793-800

  Ragab, Ahmed ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Pharyngoplasty; Velopharyngeal dysfunction; Velopharyngeal impairment; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CERCLAGE SPHINCTER PHARYNGOPLASTY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHARYNX; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHONETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34247092506     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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