Uvulopalatal flap for obstructive sleep apnea: Short-term and long-term results

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 683-687

  Neruntarat, Chairat ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

OSA; sleep apnea; UPF; uvulopalatal flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BODY MASS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA;

EID: 79951907987     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21157     Document Type: Article

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