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  1. ENT Department, Asklepios Klinik Harburg, Eißendorfer Pferdeweg 52, 21075, Hamburg, Germany

    Thomas Verse

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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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Verse, T. (2007). Surgery Algorithms 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_29

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