Effect of palatal implants on continuous positive airway pressure and compliance

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-236

  Gillespie, M Boyd ^a   Wylie, Paul E ^b   Lee Chiong, Teofilo ^c   Rapoport, David M ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Arkansas Center for Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP compliance; CPAP pressure; CPAP therapy; Palatal implants; Pillar implants

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALATE; PALATE IMPLANT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTICS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DENTAL IMPLANTATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; PALATE, SOFT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959614903     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810392173     Document Type: Article

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