Eight years of follow-up - Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty combined with midline glossectomy as a treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 543, 2000, Pages 175-178

  Andsberg, Ulf ^a   Jessen, Max ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Daytime polysomnography; Glossectomy; Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PARASITOLOGY; PHARYNX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; UVULA;

EID: 0034353563     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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