Comparative effects of snoring sound between two minimally invasive surgeries in the treatment of snoring: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Li Ang ^a,b,c   Yu, Jen Fang ^a   Lo, Yu Lun ^a,b   Chen, Ning Hung ^a,b   Fang, Tuan Jen ^a,b   Huang, Chung Guei ^a   Cheng, Wen Nuan ^d   Li, Hsueh Yu ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c XIAMEN CHANG GUNG HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORAL SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATAL IMPLANT SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY SURGERY; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SOUND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNORING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901235472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097186     Document Type: Article

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