Prospective clinical trial comparing outcome measures between furlow and von langenbeck palatoplasties for UCLP

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-163

  Williams, William N ^a   Seagle, M Brent ^a   Pegoraro Krook, Maria Ines ^b   Souza, Telma V ^b   Garla, Luis ^b   Silva, Marcos L ^b   MacHado Neto, José S ^b   Dutka, Jeniffer C R ^b   Nackashi, John ^a   Boggs, Steve ^a   Shuster, Jonathan ^a   Moorhead, Jacquelyn ^a   Wharton, William ^a   Graciano, Maria I G ^b   Pimentel, Maria C ^b   Feniman, Mariza ^b   Piazentin Penna, Silvia H A ^b   Kemker, Joseph ^a   Zimmermann, Maria C ^b   Bento Gonçalvez, Cristina ^b   Borgo, Hilton ^b   Marques, Ilza L ^b   Martinelli, Angela P M C ^c   Jorge, José C ^b   Antonelli, Patrick ^a   Neves, Josiane F A ^b   Whitaker, Melina E ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cleft palate; clinical trial; fistula; outcome measures; speech; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PALATE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; INFANT; PALATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751706291     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181d60763     Document Type: Article

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