Posterior pillar flap palatoplasty: A new surgical technique for treatment of snoring: Initial experience

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 118-125

  Al Bassiouny, Ahmed Mohamed Mohee Eldeen ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Dar Al Shifa Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Snoring; Surgery palatoplasty

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTERIOR PILLAR FLAP PALATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SNORING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 67949114297     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2009.118.125     Document Type: Article

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