Superior results using the islandized hemipalatal flap in palatoplasty: Experience with 500 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 232-239

  Bindingnavele, Vijay K ^a,b   Bresnick, Stephen D ^a,b   Urata, Mark M ^a,b   Huang, Grace ^a,b   Leland, Hyuma A ^a,b   Wong, Danny ^a,b   Hammoudeh, Jeff ^a,b   Reinisch, John ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISTULA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPLASTY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR PEDICLE; Z PLASTY; HARD PALATE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY;

CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL FISTULA; PALATE, HARD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 48049103469     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817741e8     Document Type: Article

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