A comparison of speech outcomes using radical intravelar veloplasty or Furlow palatoplasty for the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency associated with occult submucous cleft palate

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-186

  Afrooz, Paul Nader ^a   Macisaac, Zoe ^a   Rottgers, Stephen Alex ^a   Ford, Matthew ^a   Grunwaldt, Lorelei J ^a   Kumar, Anand R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate repair; Congenital; Intravelar veloplasty; Occult submucous cleft palate; Velopharyngeal incompetence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84927109902     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182956632     Document Type: Article

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