Comparison of fistula rates after palatoplasty for international and local surgeons on surgical missions in ecuador with rates at a craniofacial center in the United States

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Maine, Rebecca G ^a,b,c,d   Hoffman, William Y ^a,b,c   Palacios Martinez, Jorge H ^a,b,c   Corlew, D Scott ^a,b,c   Gregory, George A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c RESURGE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COHORT STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856694138     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31823aea7e     Document Type: Article

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