Computer-assisted quantitative upper airway analysis following modified uvulopalatal flap and lateral pharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnoea: A prospective case-controlled study

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-196

  Hsu, P P ^a   Tan, A K L ^a   Gan, E C ^a   Chan, Y H ^b   Goh, M M ^a   Lu, P K S ^a   Howe, W L ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PARAMETERS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84862688698     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2012.02491.x     Document Type: Article

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