Surgical anatomy of the levator veli palatini: A previously undescribed tendinous insertion of the anterolateral fibers

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-315

  Mehendale, Felicity V ^a,b  

^a St Andrew's Ctr for Plast Surgery ^*

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HARD PALATE; HISTOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; TENDON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDONS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 4344597944     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000131869.45025.5A     Document Type: Article

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