Soft palate implants: A new option for treating habitual snoring

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-280

  Kühnel, Thomas S ^a   Hein, G ^b   Hohenhorst, W ^c   Maurer, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implant; Snoring; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY SENSATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSATION; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; POLYESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744379146     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0791-3     Document Type: Article

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