Methodological and statistical problems in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty research: A follow-up study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 805-809

  Megwalu, Uchechukwu C ^a   Piccirillo, Jay F ^b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PALATE; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA;

EID: 49949106168     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.8.805     Document Type: Article

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