Persisting dysphagia after uvulopalatoplasty performed with steel scalpel

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-90

  Levring Jäghagen, Eva ^a   Nilsson, Mats E ^b   Isberg, Annika ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UVULA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 18844476364     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199901000-00017     Document Type: Article

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