Incidence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea following pharyngeal flap surgery in patients with cleft palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 312-316

  Liao, Yu Fang ^a   Chuang, Ming Lung ^a   Chen, Philip K T ^a   Chen, Ning Hung ^a   Yun, Claudia ^a   Huang, Chiung Shing ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flap width; Polysomnography; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; STATISTICS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036256238     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2002)039<0312:IASOOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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