Four-year follow-up after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 50 unselected patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1362-1368

  Håkan, Larsson ^a   Carlsson Nordlander, Britt ^a   Svanborg, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PALATE, SOFT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UVULA;

EID: 0027999720     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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