Quality of life in children with obstructive sleeping disorder after tonsillectomy, tonsillotomy or adenotomy;Lebensqualität bei kindlichem obstruktiven schlafapnoesyndrom nach tonsillektomie, tonsillotomie und/oder adenotomie

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 490-497

  Smith, Elisabeth ^a   Wenzel, S ^a   Rettinger, G ^a   Fischer, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenotomy; Adenotonsillectomy; Adenotonsillotomy; Brouillette score; Life quality; OSA 18 survey; OSD

Indexed keywords

ADENOTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLOTOMY; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THROAT SURGERY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 49749098533     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995627     Document Type: Article

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