Randomised trial of nasal surgery for fixed nasal obstruction in obstructive sleep apnoea

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-117

  Koutsourelakis, I ^a   Georgoulopoulos, G ^b   Perraki, E ^a   Vagiakis, E ^a   Roussos, C ^a   Zakynthinos, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apnoea hypopnoea index; Nasal breathing epochs; Nasal surgery; Obstructive sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BODY MASS; BREATHING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE; PLACEBOS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849122533     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00087607     Document Type: Article

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