A three-centre prospective pilot study to elucidate the effect of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty on patients with mild obstructive sleep apnoea due to velopharyngeal obstruction

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-103

  Myatt, Helen M ^a,d   Croft, C B ^b   Kotecha, B T ^b   Ruddock, J ^b   Mackay, I S ^a   Simonds, A K ^c  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnoea; Palatal surgery; Polysonmography; Postoperative pain; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMNOLENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 1242301618     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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