Frequency of serious complications after surgery for snoring and sleep apnea

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-302

  Franklin, Karl A ^a   Haglund, Bengt ^b   Axelsson, Susanna ^c   Holmlund, Thorbjörn ^a   Rehnqvist, Nina ^c,d   Rosén, Måns ^c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adverse effects; mortality; Sleep apnea syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOSE SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951608195     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2010.528793     Document Type: Article

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