Complications of temperature-controlled radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction for sleep-disordered breathing

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 532-535

  Stuck, Boris A ^a   Starzak, Katrin ^a   Verse, Thomas ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Maurer, Joachim T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Radiofrequency surgery; Soft palate; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY VOLUMETRIC TISSUE REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULCER;

CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE; TURBINATES;

EID: 0038627924     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310001385     Document Type: Article

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