Barbed suture Extrusion and Exposure in palatoplasty for OSA: What does it mean?

Barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP) for OSAHS: a feasibility, safety, efficacy and teachability pilot study. “We are on the giant’s shoulders”

Claudio Vicini, Ehsan Hendawy, Aldo Campanini et al. · European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology · 2015 · 167 citations

Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +9

Relocation pharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnea

Hsueh‐Yu Li, Li‐Ang Lee · The Laryngoscope · 2009 · 129 citations

Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +15

A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Absorbable Barbed Sutures Versus Conventional Absorbable Sutures for Dermal Closure in Open Surgical Procedures

J. Peter Rubin, Joseph P. Hunstad, Alain Polynice et al. · Aesthetic Surgery Journal · 2014 · 70 citations

Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Surgery +15

Prospective multicentre study on barbed reposition pharyngoplasty standing alone or as a part of multilevel surgery for sleep apnoea

Filippo Montevecchi, Giuseppe Meccariello, Elisabetta Firinu et al. · Clinical Otolaryngology · 2017 · 55 citations · Full text

Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +15

The velo-uvulo-pharyngeal lift or "roman blinds" technique for treatment of snoring: a preliminary report.

Mário Mantovani, Andrea Minetti, Sara Torretta et al. · PubMed · 2012 · 54 citations

Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Surgery +13