Autologous fat injection combined with palatoplasty and pharyngoplasty for velopharyngeal insufficiency and cleft palate: Preliminary experience

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-291

  Cao, Yimei ^a   Ma, Tingting ^b   Wu, Di ^a   Yin, Ningbei ^a   Zhao, Zhenmin ^a  

^a PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

autologous fat; posterior pharyngeal wall transplantation; velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS FAT TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARYNGOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NASOPHARYNGEAL FIBROSCOPY; NASOPHARYNGEAL REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATOPHARYNGEAL; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRONUNCIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AUTOLOGOUS FAT; POSTERIOR PHARYNGEAL WALL TRANSPLANTATION; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PALATE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884185752     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813490893     Document Type: Article

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