A salvage procedure in cleft palate repair: Suturing nasal mucosa directly to palatine process

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-234

  Tunçbilek, Gökhan ^a,b   Konaş, Ersoy ^a   Özgür, Figen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Fistula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; NOSE MUCOSA; ORAL SURGERY; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD;

CLEFT PALATE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NASAL MUCOSA; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248365966     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-062     Document Type: Article

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