Tongue-base suspension in conjunction with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnea: Long-term follow-up results

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1223-1227

  Vicente, Eugenio ^a   Marín, José M ^a   Carrizo, Santiago ^a   Naya, M J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Tongue base suspension; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE BASED SUSPENSION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; LARYNGOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; RISK; TIME; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 33747151941     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000224498.09015.d9     Document Type: Article

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