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Palatal Implants for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433, Republic of Singapore

    Kenny P. Pang

  2. Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Suite BP 4122, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912-4060, USA

    David J. Terris

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 Fifteeth Street, 30912-4060, Augusta, USA

    Stilanos E. Kountakis MD

  2. Faculty of Medicine Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    Metin Önerci MD

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Pang, K.P., Terris, D.J. (2007). Palatal Implants for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In: Kountakis, S.E., Önerci, M. (eds) Rhinologic and Sleep Apnea Surgical Techniques. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34020-1_33

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