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Image Code: 3562
Intraoperative aspect of the lateral pharyngoplasty
Image published on/in: 2012 Vol.: 78 Ed.: 6 - 9º
Description: Figure 1. A: (without medial traction of the palatopharyngeal. Intraoperative aspect of the lateral pharyngoplasty with preservation of the stylopharyngeus muscle. 1: palatopharyngeal m.; 2: buccopharyngeal fascia; 3: stylopharyngeus m.; 4: palatoglossus m.; * crossover of the stylopharyngeus m. with the middle constrictor; (arrow) superior constrictor m; B: (with medial traction of the pharyngeal palate). Intraoperative view of the lateral pharyngoplasty, preserving the stylopharyngeus muscle. 1: palatopharyngeal m.; 2: buccopharyngeal fascia; 3: stylopharyngeus m.; 4: palatoglossus m.; * crossover of the stylopharyngeus m. with the middle constrictor; (arrow) superior constrictor m.
Author(s) of the original article: Jayson Junior Mesti1; Michel Burihan Cahali2
Title and link to the article: Evolution of swallowing in lateral pharyngoplasty with stylopharyngeal muscle preservation
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