Incidence of residual oronasal fistulas: A 20-year experience

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 643-648

  Eberlinc, Andreja ^a   Koželj, Vesna ^a  

^a Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Oronasal fistula; Palatal fistula

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; ORAL SURGERY; ORONASAL FISTULA; PALATOPLASTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; CLEFT LIP; NOSE DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; SLOVENIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOSE DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84869779751     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/10-146     Document Type: Article

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