A cost-effective and rational surgical approach to patients with snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome, or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 726-734

  Utley, David S ^a   Shin, Edward J ^a   Clerk, Alex A ^b   Terris, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING; TURBINATES; UVULA;

EID: 0030940196     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199706000-00005     Document Type: Article

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