Palatal implants: A new approach for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-554

  Walker, Regina P ^a,b   Levine, Howard L ^c   Hopp, Martin L ^d   Greene, David ^e   Pang, Kenny ^f,g  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Adventist Hinsdale Hospital   (United States)

^c Marymount Outpatient Care Center   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ADULT; APNEA MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PALATE IMPLANT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33748972080     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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