Simultaneous tonsillectomy and nasal surgery in adult obstructive sleep apnea: A pilot study

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 387-391

  Stow, Nicholas W ^a   Sale, Phillip J P ^a   Lee, Donald ^b   Joffe, David ^a   Gallagher, Richard M ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

nasal obstruction; obstructive sleep apnea; snoring; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONREM SLEEP; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867370752     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812444256     Document Type: Review

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