Width of cleft palate and postoperative palatal fistula - do they correlate?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1559-1563

  Parwaz, M Alam ^a   Sharma, Ramesh Kumar ^a   Parashar, Atul ^a   Nanda, Vipul ^a   Biswas, Gautam ^a   Makkar, Surinder ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Cleft width; Fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLEFT WIDTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL IMPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLA; MEASUREMENT; PALATE FISTULA; PALATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; MOUTH DISEASE; PALATE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFANT; ORAL FISTULA; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349136008     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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