Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 158 OSAS patients failing non-surgical treatment

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1280-1286

  Lundkvist, Karin ^a   Januszkiewicz, Anna ^a,b   Friberg, Danielle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bleeding complications; CPAP failure; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Surgery; Tonsillectomy; Treatment failure; UPPP

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; STEROID; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EDEMA; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350047288     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480802654380     Document Type: Article

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