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[Polysomnographic results of uvulo-palato-pharyngoplasty]
A Nieto1, J M Barrios, E R Redondo
1Servicio de Otorrinolaringologia, Hospital de la Seguridad Social, Cuenca.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The paper deals with the polysomnographic issues from 7 patients diagnosed of obstructive sleeping illness and treated with an UPPP. Tracings were recorded after 3 and 12 months. The comparison between pre- and postoperative findings showed the improvement, being the higher apneic index decrease 50 per cent, among 57 per cent of the cases.