Endoscopic soft palate augmentation using injectable materials in dogs to ameliorate velopharyngeal insufficiency.

<h4>Background</h4>Velopharyngeal structure augmentation methods are used as alternatives to pharyngeal flap operations. Recently, we investigated the sites of velopharyngeal structure augmentation in dogs and reported that the most effective injection location is the soft palate. Howeve...

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Main Authors: Emiko Tanaka Isomura, Makoto Matsukawa, Kiyoko Nakagawa, Ryo Mitsui, Mikihiko Kogo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238646