Uvulopalatal flap for snoring on an outpatient basis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Neruntarat, Chairat ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY SENSATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NASAL REGURGITATION; NASOPHARYNX STENOSIS; OPERATION DURATION; ORAL SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATAL FLAP; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0141923713     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00636-3     Document Type: Article

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