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KEVIN T. KAVANAGH, MD; WILLIAM HINKLE, PHD
Memphis, Tenn

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1989;115(5):633.

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To the Editor.—We would like to congratulate Drs Goldsmith and Price for a superb article.¹ We have also used compound pharyngeal myocutaneous flaps for reconstruction after oral pharyngeal (base-of-tongue, tonsil, and soft palate) composite resections. Our results have been excellent and were reported elsewhere.^2,3 We chose the term velopharyngoplasty, since this was the name coined in the French-language medical literature⁴ to describe this procedure. With Drs Goldsmith and Price's report added to the medical literature, we feel this technique should be given serious consideration for the reconstruction of these defects. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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