Treatment of simple snoring using radio waves for ablation of uvula and soft palate: A day-case surgery procedure

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 7I, 2002, Pages 1256-1259

  Wedman, Jan ^a   Miljeteig, Harald ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Radio frequency; Snoring; Soft palate surgery

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; SNORING; TIME FACTORS; UVULA;

EID: 0036308356     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200207000-00021     Document Type: Article

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