Upper airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-212

  Sher, Aaron E ^a,b  

^a St Peter's Hospital Albany   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Maxillomandibular; Palate; Pharynx; Polysomnography; Skeletal; Sleep apnea syndromes; Soft tissue; Surgery; Tongue; Tracheostomy; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ORAL SURGERY; PALATE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TONGUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0036592164     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2002.0242     Document Type: Article

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