Palate lengthening by buccinator myomucosal flaps for velopharyngeal insufficiency

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hens, Greet ^a,b,c   Sell, D ^a,b   Pinkstone, M ^a,b   Birch, M J ^d   Hay, N ^a,b   Sommerlad, B C ^e   Kangesu, L ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Buccal; Buccinator; Cleft palate; Speech outcome; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUCCINATOR MYOMUCOSAL FLAP; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATE; PALATE LENGTHENING; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLEFT PALATE; PLASTIC SURGERY; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

CLEFT PALATE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84883635391     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/11-211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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