One-stage nasal and multi-level pharyngeal surgery for obstructive sleep apnoea: Safety and efficacy

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 272-276

  Pang, Kenny P ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nasal Cavity; Pharynx; Sleep Apnoea Syndrome; Surgical Procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TAMPON; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18344394364     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215054020467     Document Type: Article

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