Patient outcomes after soft palate implant placement for treatment of snoring

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-328

  Rotenberg, Brian W ^a   Alsaffar, Hussain ^a   Kandessamy, Thileeban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palatal implant; Sleep apnea; Snoring; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SLEEP; TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SLEEP; SNORING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955450379     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.090123     Document Type: Article

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