Surgical Management of Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Contributors: David J. Terris (Editor); Richard L. Goode (Editor)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: August 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780824759100
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Surgery; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Surgery - General; Toxicology; Medical / Otorhinolaryngology; Snoring
First sentence: Obstructive sleep disordered breathing (OSDB) results from anatomical upper airway abnormalities and changes in neural activation mechanisms intrinsic to sleep causing hypotonia of the pharyngeal dilator muscles (1).