Same-stage nasal and palatopharyngeal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: Is it safe?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-403

  Busaba, Nicolas Y ^a,b,c  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NOSE SURGERY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULSE OXIMETER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSIL DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NOSE; OXIMETRY; PALATE; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NOSE; OXIMETRY; PALATE; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA;

EID: 0036547309     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.124186     Document Type: Article

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