Soft palate implants for the treatment of mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-570

  Nordgård, Ståle ^a   Stene, Brit Kari ^b   Skjøstad, Ketil Wichman ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645275736     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.11.034     Document Type: Article

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