Pharyngeal morphology: A determinant of successful nasal surgery for sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1011-1016

  Morinaga, Mami ^a   Nakata, Seiichi ^a   Yasuma, Fumihiko ^b   Noda, Akiko ^c   Yagi, Hidehito ^a,d   Tagaya, Mitsuhiko ^a   Sugiura, Makoto ^a,e   Teranishi, Masaaki ^a   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Inazawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^e Toyota Kai Medical Corporation Kariya Toyota General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasal surgery; Outcome determinant; Pharyngeal morphology; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOFT PALATE; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349119295     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20175     Document Type: Article

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