Pharyngeal Flap Construction Surgery for Velopharyngeal Incompetence
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Surgical outcome of pharyngeal flap surgery and intravelar veloplasty on the velopharyngeal function.
PURPOSE To investigate the postoperative outcomes of pharyngeal flap surgery (PF) and secondary palatoplasty with intravelar veloplasty (IV) in the velopharyngeal insufficiency management regarding nasalance scores and velopharyngeal area. METHODS Seventy-eight patients with cleft palate±lips submitted to surgical treatment for velopharyngeal insufficiency, for 14 months on an average, were e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1884-4545,0032-6313
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.100.241