Surgery for snoring: Are partners satisfied in the long run?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-502

  Prasad, K R S ^a   Premraj, K ^a   Kent, S E ^a   Reddy, K T V ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LAUP; Long term; Partner satisfaction; UVPP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNORING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344944144     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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