Tongue-base suspension with a soft tissue-to-bone anchor for obstructive sleep apnea: Preliminary clinical results of a new minimally invasive technique

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-103

  Derowe, Ari ^a,b   Gunther, Eck ^a,c   Fibbi, Antonio ^a,d   Lehtimaki, Kimmo ^a,e   Vahatalo, Kimmo ^a,f   Maurer, Joachim ^a,g   Ophir, Dov ^a,h  

^a Tel Aviv Medical Center ^*

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Department of Otolaryngology   (Italy)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Mannheim University Hospital ^*  (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033983821     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(00)70152-5     Document Type: Article

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