Transoral robot-assisted lingual tonsillectomy and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnea

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 635-639

  Lee, Jonathan M ^a   Weinstein, Gregory S ^a   O'Malley, Bert W ^a   Thaler, Erica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Obstructive sleep apnea; Tongue; Transoral robotic surgery; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPHAGIA; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSILLECTOMY; TRANSORAL ROBOT ASSISTED LINGUAL TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 84867689921     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941212101002     Document Type: Article

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