Is surgery effective for reducing symptoms in adults with obstructive sleep apnea?

dc.contributor.author	Smith, Peter C.	eng
dc.date.issued	2001	eng
dc.description.abstract	Current evidence is insufficient to recommend surgery for symptom relief for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. More convincing evidence exists supporting the use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) or dental appliances for reducing symptoms of sleep apnea.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/2802	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2001 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 50, no. 01 (January 2001)	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	surgical intervention	eng
dc.subject	sleep disorder	eng
dc.subject	non-surgical intervention	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Sleep apnea syndromes -- Treatment	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Otolaryngology, Operative	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Sleep apnea syndromes -- Surgery	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Respiratory therapy	eng
dc.title	Is surgery effective for reducing symptoms in adults with obstructive sleep apnea?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2001
The items in this collection constitute volume 50 of Clinical Inquiries.