Upper airway surgery benefits patients with obstructive sleep apnoea who cannot tolerate nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 270-274

  Souter, Melanie A ^a,b   Stevenson, Scott ^a   Sparks, Bryn ^a   Drennan, Chris ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Polysomnography; Sleep Apnoea Obstructive; Sleep Apnoea Syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; OXYGEN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNX; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942500448     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504323012003     Document Type: Article

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