The effect of nasal obstruction on outcomes of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 529, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Virkkula, Paula ^a,b   Lehtonen, Hannu ^a   Malmberg, Henrik ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nasal resistance; Outcome of surgery; Questionnaire; Rhinomanometry; Sleep recording; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; ARTICLE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PHARYNX; SOFT PALATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 0030611796     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709124120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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