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.
Autor (es) del artículo de origen:
Jayson Junior Mesti1; Michel Burihan Cahali2
Título y link del artículo:
Evolution of swallowing in lateral pharyngoplasty with stylopharyngeal muscle preservation