Effect of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty on retropalatal region

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1161-1165

  Tanyeri, Hasan ^a   Serin, Gediz Murat ^a   Ayanoglu Aksoy, Elif ^a   Polat, Senol ^a   Cuhadaroglu, Caglar ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Retropalatal region; Snoring; Submucosal uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RETROPALATAL SURFACE AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUBMUCOSAL UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PALATE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UVULA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84878363846     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2250-x     Document Type: Article

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