Quality of life 17 to 20 years after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 503-506

  Goh, Yau H ^a   Mark, Ignatius ^b   Fee, Willard E ^c  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Dry throat; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Hypersomnolence; Nocturnal arousals; Obstructive sleep apnea; Quality of life; Snoring; Surgery; Swallowing; Symptom improvement; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY THROAT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SNORING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TELEPHONE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 33947097094     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802d83bd     Document Type: Article

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