Effect of UPPP with respect to site of pharyngeal obstruction in sleep apnoea: Follow-up at 18 months by overnight recording of airway pressure and flow

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-43

  Osnes, T ^a,b   Rollheim, J ^a   Hartmann, E ^a  

^a Vestfold Central Hospital   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apnoea; Body Mass Index; Collapsibility; Manometry; Obstructive; Pressure; Sleep apnoea syndromes; Transducers; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA;

EID: 0036210520     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-7772.2001.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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