Changes of snoring sound after relocation pharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnoea: The surgery reduces mean intensity in snoring which correlates well with apnoea-hypopnoea index

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 98-105

  Li, H Y ^a,b   Lee, L A ^a,c   Yu, J F ^a   Lo, Y L ^a   Chen, N H ^a   Fang, T J ^a   Hsin, L J ^a   Lin, W N ^a   Huang, C G ^a   Cheng, W N ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c XIAMEN CHANG GUNG HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84924482998     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12325     Document Type: Article

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