Minimally invasive single-stage multilevel treatment for obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1859-1863

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b,e   Lin, Hsin Ching ^b,c   Gurpinar, Berk ^b,d   Joseph, Ninos J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d KASIMPASA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive treatment of OSAHS; Multilevel treatment of OSAHS; Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; Pillar implant; Radiofrequency; Snoring treatment; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; NOSE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATOPLASTY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONGUE; TONGUE ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34848848745     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3180f62b4d     Document Type: Article

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