Early Perioperative Outcomes After Surgery for Sleep Apnea: A Current Review of the Literature

Current Anesthesiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Rotenberg, Brian ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Perioperative outcomes; Systematic review; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921630242     PISSN: 21676275     EISSN: 15233855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40140-013-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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