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Palatal Implants for Primary Snoring: Short- and Long-Term Results of a New, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique

1 Introduction Snoring is a widespread symptom affecting about 50% of the adult population. Primary snoring without sleep-disordered breathing is not harmful in itself. However, because snoring often causes social embarrassment and marital disharmony, affected patients apply to their physicians…

Airway Evaluation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1 Methods of Airway Evaluation As the interest in sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has increased, various attempts have been made to assess upper airway anatomy in patients with this relatively frequent disorder. From the very beginning, researchers and clinicians used a…