The single Z-plasty for cleft palate repair: A preliminary report

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 635-639

  Tan, Wei Qiang ^a   Xu, Jing Hong ^a   Yao, Jian Min ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Plastic Surgery Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Palatal surgery; Primary palatoplasty; Single Z plasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PALATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; Z PLASTY; INFANT; ORAL SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867201762     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/10-011     Document Type: Article

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