Computational modeling of upper airway before and after adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 360-362

  Mihaescu, Mihai ^a   Murugappan, Shanmugam ^b   Gutmark, Ephraim ^a   Donnelly, Lane F ^c   Kalra, Maninder ^c  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Computational modeling; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOSE AIRFLOW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY; ADENOIDECTOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 40949152479     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815937c1     Document Type: Article

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