A successful algorithm for limiting postoperative fistulae following palatal procedures in the patient with orofacial clefting

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-554

  Losee, Joseph E ^a   Smith, Darren M ^a   Afifi, Ahmed M ^a   Jiang, Shao ^a   Ford, Matthew ^a   Vecchione, Lisa ^a   Cooper, Gregory M ^a   Naran, Sanjay ^a   Mooney, Mark P ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FISTULA; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; ORONASAL FISTULA; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOSE DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749102040     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817d6223     Document Type: Article

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