Randomized study comparing two tongue base surgeries for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 917-923

  Fernández Julián, Enrique ^a   Muñoz, Noelia ^a   Achiques, Maria Teresa ^a   García Pérez, Miguel A ^a   Orts, Miguel ^a   Marco, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649086092     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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