Acute effects of palatopharyngoplasty on airway collapsibility

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-86

  Woodson, B T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032792557     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(99)70130-0     Document Type: Article

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