Cautery-assisted palatal stiffening operation

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 547-556

  Mair, Eric A ^a,b   Day, Richard H ^a,b  

^a David Grant United States Air Force Medical Center ^*

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034035426     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0194-5998(00)70099-4     Document Type: Article

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