Evaluation of submucosal minimally invasive lingual excision technique for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-384

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b   Soans, Rohit ^b   Gurpinar, Berk ^b,c   Lin, Hsin Ching ^b,d   Joseph, Ninos ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b part of Advocate Aurora Health   (United States)

^c KASIMPASA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TONGUE; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49549115990     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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