Effects of obstructive sleep apnea surgery on middle ear function

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-376

  Lin, Hsin Ching ^a   Friedman, Michael ^c,d   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b   Shao, Chi Hsin ^a   Pulver, Tanya M ^d   Chen, Yung Che ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; ORAL SURGERY; OTALGIA; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TYMPANOMETRY; Z PALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; EAR DISEASES; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 79954521371     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.53     Document Type: Article

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