Pharyngeal flap and obstructive apnea: Maximizing speech outcome while limiting complications

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-259

  Chegar, Burke E ^a   Shprintzen, Robert J ^b   Curtis, Michael S ^d   Tatum, Sherard A ^c  

^a Fayette Regional Health System   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPEECH; TONSILLECTOMY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONSILLECTOMY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547449349     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.9.4.252     Document Type: Article

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