American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 14-20 , January 2010

Surgery vs ventilation in adult severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

  • Claudio Vicini, MD

      Affiliations

    • ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Ospedale Morgagni Pietrantoni, Forlì, Italy
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  • Iacopo Dallan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second ENT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Second ENT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, U.O. ORL 2, Via Savi 10, 56126 Pisa, Italy. Tel.: +39 050 993284; fax: +39 050 992629.
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  • Aldo Campanini, MD

      Affiliations

    • ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Ospedale Morgagni Pietrantoni, Forlì, Italy
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  • Andrea De Vito, MD

      Affiliations

    • ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Ospedale Morgagni Pietrantoni, Forlì, Italy
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  • Francesca Barbanti, MD

      Affiliations

    • ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Ospedale Morgagni Pietrantoni, Forlì, Italy
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  • Gianluca Giorgiomarrano, MD

      Affiliations

    • ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, Ospedale Morgagni Pietrantoni, Forlì, Italy
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  • Marcello Bosi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Centre, Pneumologic Unit, Ospedale Morgagni Pietrantoni, Forlì, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Plazzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Centre, Neurological Clinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • Federica Provini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Centre, Neurological Clinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • Elio Lugaresi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Centre, Neurological Clinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Received 12 May 2008

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☆ All the authors certify that they have no potential conflicts of interest with any entity mentioned in the manuscript and that they receive no financial support for this work.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00180-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.09.002

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 14-20 , January 2010

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