• DOI:10.1177/019459989210700318
Corpus ID: 25135787

The Riddle of the Uvula

@article{Finkelstein1992TheRO,
  title={The Riddle of the Uvula},
  author={Y. Finkelstein and A. Meshorer and Y. Talmi and Y. Zohar and J. Brenner and R. Gal},
  journal={Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery},
  year={1992},
  volume={107},
  pages={444 - 450}
}

Y. Finkelstein, A. Meshorer, +3 authors R. Gal

Published 1992

Medicine

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Since ancient times, the uvula has been a subject of interesting and contradictory observations. On the one hand, it was regarded as having a functional role in speech and in immunology, but on the other hand it was regarded as a potentially hazardous organ, possibly responsible for sudden infant death syndrome. None of these hypotheses, however, has been proved. In a previous study on patients undergoing uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, we suggested that the most important function of the uvula is… CONTINUE READING

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