Evaluation of open midline glossectomy in the multilevel surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Suh, Gerald D ^a,b,c,d  

^a Section of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Board Certified in Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Friedman tongue position; Lingual tonsillectomy; Midline glossectomy; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LINGUAL TONSILLECTOMY; MALE; OPEN MIDLINE GLOSSECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874405811     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812464331     Document Type: Article

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