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The palato-oropharyngeal musculo-aponeurotic system (POMAS): this must be the place—an integrated new vision of the palatal and oropharyngeal surgical anatomy

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Mantovani, M., Rinaldi, V., Moffa, A. et al. The palato-oropharyngeal musculo-aponeurotic system (POMAS): this must be the place—an integrated new vision of the palatal and oropharyngeal surgical anatomy. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 278, 1297–1298 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-021-06699-4

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