Snoring - A simple surgical solution

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 419-424

  Myatt, H M ^a   Mackay, I S ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polysomnography; Post operative pain; Snoring; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0029960534     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1996.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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