Drug-induced sleep endoscopy in the identification of obstruction sites in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review

INTRODUCTION: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has multifactorial causes. Although indications for surgery are evaluated by well-known diagnostic tests in the awake state, these do not always correlate with satisfactory surgical results.OBJECTIVE: To undertake a systematic review on endoscopy during...

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Main Authors: Alonço da Cunha Viana Jr., Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler, Maria Helena de Araújo-Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942015000400439&lng=en&tlng=en