Comparison of speech and aesthetic outcomes in patients with maxillary reconstruction versus maxillary obturators after maxillectomy

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Rieger, Jana M ^a   Lam Tang, Judith A ^a   Wolfaardt, Johan ^a   Harris, Jeffrey ^b   Seikaly, Hadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maxillectomy; Prosthodontic rehabilitation; Surgical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACE ATTRACTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA DEFORMITY; MAXILLA OBTURATOR; MAXILLA RECONSTRUCTION; MAXILLA RESECTION; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; NASALANCE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; ORBIT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL ORIFICE OPENING; ZYGOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOTOMY; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951934001     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.100058     Document Type: Article

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