Use of 3-dimensional computed tomography scan to evaluate upper airway patency for patients undergoing sleep-disordered breathing surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 336-342

  Li, Hseuh Yu ^c   Chen, Ning Hung ^c   Wang, Chao Ran ^c   Shu, Yu Hsiang ^c   Wang, Pa Chun ^a,b  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROGLOSSAL SPACE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0141923717     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00629-6     Document Type: Article

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