Management of velopharyngeal insufficiency using double opposing Z-plasty in patients undergoing primary two-flap palatoplasty

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Koh, Kyung Suk ^a   Kim, Sung Chan ^a   Oh, Tae Suk ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Palate; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NOSE DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; Z PLASTY;

EID: 84875326099     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2013.40.2.97     Document Type: Article

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