## Background: Speech and swallowing problems due to velopharyngeal incompetence may follow soft palate resection and reconstruction. over the past 3 years, we have developed the use of a superiorly based pharyngeal flap in conjunction with a radial forearm flap for soft palate reconstruction. ##
Soft palate and tonsil reconstruction using a novel design of a folded ‘L’ shaped radial forearm free flap
✍ Scribed by Jeremy Antscherl; P.G.S.F. Hardee; L.C. Cheng
- Book ID
- 116316464
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0266-4356
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