Surgical Options for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-515

  Holty, Jon Erik C ^a   Guilleminault, Christian ^b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep apnea syndromes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AEROPHAGIA; AGE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MAXILLARY EXPANSION; MAXILLOMANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOTOMY; NOSE CONGESTION; OBESITY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PILLAR PALATAL IMPLANT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; XEROSTOMIA;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77951678107     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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