Tongue base reduction with radiofrequency tissue ablation: Preliminary results after two treatment sessions

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Stuck, Boris A ^a   Maurer, Joachim T ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Radio frequency tissue ablation; Tongue base hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000847605     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-12546     Document Type: Article

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