Uvulopalatoplasty (UP2): A Modified Technique for, Selected Patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-449

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b,c   Ibrahim, Hani ^a,b   Lowenthal, Sarah ^b   Ramakrishnan, Vidyasagar ^b   Joseph, Ninos J ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified uvulopalatoplasty; OSA treatment; Radiofrequency for OSA treatment; Uvulopalatoplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHARYNX; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 1642366111     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200403000-00011     Document Type: Article

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