TransOral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea : a practical guide to surgical approach and patient management /: a practical guide to surgical approach and patient management. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claudio Vicini, Paul T. Hoff, Filippo Montevecchi, editors.
• Editors: Vicini, Claudio; Hoff, Paul T; Montevecchi, Filippo
• Contents: Part I: Patient Work-Up -- 2. Tongue Pathophysiology in OSAS Patients: A Surgically Oriented Perspective -- 3. History-Taking and Clinical Examination -- 4. Sleep Studies -- 5. Imaging -- 6. Drug Induced Sedation Endoscopy (DISE) -- 7. Patient Selection -- Part II: Surgery. -- 8. Transoral Robotic Surgery as Single Level Surgery for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- 9. TORS in a Multilevel Procedure -- 10. Alternative Procedures -- 11. Robotic Setting -- 12. Surgical Anatomy in Trans-oral Robotic Procedure: Basic Fundamentals -- 13. Trans Oral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: An Anesthetists Point of View -- 14. Technique: How We do It -- Part III: Post-Operative Concerns -- 15. Post-Operative Management of Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- 16. Expected Outcomes -- 17. Complication Management -- 18. Short- and Long-term Dysphagia -- 19. Failures Management -- Part IV: TORS for OSAS in Geographic Perspective: How to Run a Program in Different Countries -- 20. The North American Experience -- 21. The South American Experience -- 22. The European Experience -- 23. The Middle East Experience -- 24. The Far Eastern Experience -- 25. The Australian Experience -- Part V: Research and Future Perspectives -- 26. Research and Future Perspectives.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.5/1; Medicine; Sleep apnea syndromes -- Surgery; Surgical robots; Head -- Surgery; Neurology; Neurosurgery; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Surgical robots; Medical -- Neurology; Medical -- Surgery -- Neurosurgery; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurosurgery; Surgery; Sleep Apnea Syndromes -- surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319340401; 3319340409
• Related ISBNs: 9783319340388; 3319340387
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 15, 2016).
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