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Mouth/Pharynx

Same-stage palatopharyngeal and hypopharyngeal surgery for severe obstructive sleep apnea

Hsueh-Yu Li From the Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Sleep Medicine, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pa-Chun Wang Department of Otolaryngology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Chung-Yao Hsu Department of Sleep Medicine, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Department of Neurology, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ning-Hung Chen Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li-Ang Lee From the Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tuan-Jen Fang From the Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 820-826 | Received 27 Nov 2003, Accepted 26 Feb 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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