Sleep surgery randomized clinical trials: design and execution are important

Andrew Chun Lok Wong^{1

2}, Andrew Jones³, Stuart Grayson MacKay^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, New Territories West Cluster, Hospital Authority, New Territories, Hong Kong.
³ Illawarra Sleep Medicine Centre, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. sgmackay@ozemail.com.au.
⁵ University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. sgmackay@ozemail.com.au.

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Andrew Chun Lok Wong et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;280(4):2057-2058.

doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07636-9. Epub 2022 Sep 6.

Andrew Chun Lok Wong^{1

2}, Andrew Jones³, Stuart Grayson MacKay^{4

5}

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, New Territories West Cluster, Hospital Authority, New Territories, Hong Kong.
³ Illawarra Sleep Medicine Centre, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. sgmackay@ozemail.com.au.
⁵ University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. sgmackay@ozemail.com.au.

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