Construction of the congenitally missing columella in midline clefts

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 287-292

  BÜTOW, Kurt Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

columella agenesis, absent columella, internal nasal dorsal flap, median cleft, nasal growth, holoprosencephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FACE SURGERY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; NASAL SEPTUM; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHINOPLASTY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 35048887154     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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