Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for the management of obstructive sleep apnea myths and facts

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-434

  Finkelstein, Yehuda ^a,b   Stein, Gideon ^a,b   Ophir, Dov ^a,b   Berger, Rachel ^a,b   Berger, Gilead ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNX DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0036216512     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.128.4.429     Document Type: Article

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