Palatal implants: A new method for the treatment of snoring

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 970-975

  Nordgård, Ståle ^a   Wormdal, Kjell ^a   Bugten, Vegard ^a   Stene, Brit K ^a   Skjøstad, Ketil W ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Polyester; Polysomnography; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SNORING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644233893     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310017090     Document Type: Article

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