Two Hundred Twenty-Two Consecutive Pharyngeal Flaps: An Analysis of Postoperative Complications

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 745-748

  Cole, Patrick ^a   Banerji, Suomo ^a   Hollier, Larry ^a   Stal, Samuel ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OXYGEN; PHARYNX; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 40749097243     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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