Lasers in the management of snoring and mild sleep apnea

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-267

  Strauss, Robert A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MORBIDITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 2342585419     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2004.01.007     Document Type: Review

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