The Pittsburgh fistula classification system: A standardized scheme for the description of palatal fistulas

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 590-594

  Smith, Darren M ^a   Vecchione, Lisa ^a   Jiang, Shao ^a   Ford, Matthew ^c   Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^a   Haralam, Mary Ann ^a   Naran, Sanjay ^a   Worrall, Christine I ^a   Dudas, Jason R ^a   Afifi, Ahmed M ^a   Marazita, Mary L ^b   Losee, Joseph E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Cleft palate; Cleft palate fistula; Fistula; Fistula classification system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FISTULA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PALATE DISEASE; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOFT PALATE;

CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; ORAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 36448936693     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-204.1     Document Type: Article

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