Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in the management of obstructive sleep apnea: The mayo clinic experience

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 795-800

  Khan, Akram ^a,b   Ramar, Kannan ^a   Maddirala, Supriya ^b   Friedman, Oren ^a   Pallanch, John F ^a   Olson, Eric J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 69749088100     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.9.795     Document Type: Article

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