Palatal implants for primary snoring: Short-term results of a new minimally invasive surgical technique

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Maurer, Joachim T ^a   Verse, Thomas ^a   Stuck, Boris A ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Hein, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SNORING;

EID: 11144247287     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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