Radiofrequency tonsil reduction: Safety, morbidity, and efficacy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 882-887

  Friedman, Michael ^a   LoSavio, Phillip ^a   Ibrahim, Hani ^a   Ramakrishnan, Vidyasagar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

OSA; Painless tonsillectomy; Radiofrequency tonsil reduction; Snoring; Tonsil coblation; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0038303121     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200305000-00020     Document Type: Article

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