Role of the tongue base suspension suture with the Repose System bone screw in the multilevel surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 392-398

  Miller, Frank R ^a,b   Watson, Daniel ^a,c   Malis, David ^a,c  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUSPENSION; SUTURE; TONGUE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD;

BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TONGUE; UVULA;

EID: 0036546341     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.123548     Document Type: Article

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