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  • Title: Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty complications and avoidance strategies.
    Author: Fairbanks DN.
    Journal: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg; 1990 Mar; 102(3):239-45. PubMed ID: 2108411.
    Abstract:
    Reports of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty complications were elicited from 72 locations in the United States. We asked physicians to report all complications that had occurred in the 9 years since the operation was introduced. Sixteen fatalities were reported; respiratory distress was the most common cause. Forty-six cases of nasopharyngeal stenosis were reported and 42 cases of palatal incompetence were reported. Hemorrhages and wound dehiscences were also reported. A retrospective analysis of the complications was made and diagnostic-therapeutic strategies are discussed with respect to prevention of complications.
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