Long-term results of palatal implants for primary snoring

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 573-578

  Maurer, Joachim T ^a   Hein, Gerhard ^a   Verse, Thomas ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Stuck, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SNORING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26444539622     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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