Upper airway anatomical changes after velopharyngeal surgery in obstructive sleep apnea patients with small tonsils

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 335-341

  Zhang, Junbo ^a   Ye, Jingying ^a   Xian, Junfang ^a   Wang, Jiangyong ^a   Dong, Jiajia ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 dimensional computed tomography; obstructive sleep apnea; polysomnography; small tonsils; velopharyngeal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THROAT SURGERY; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VELOPHARYNGEAL SURGERY;

3-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SMALL TONSILS; VELOPHARYNGEAL SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884192727     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813492113     Document Type: Article

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