Effectiveness of Pillar palatal implants for snoring management

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Gillespie, M Boyd ^a   Smith, Jacob E ^a   Clarke, Joseph ^a   Nguyen, Shaun A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 60549089379     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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