Multilevel temperature-controlled radiofrequency therapy of soft palate, base of tongue, and tonsils in adults with obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1786-1791

  Fischer, Yvonne ^a   Khan, Martin ^b   Mann, Wolf J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY THERAPY; TONGUE; TONSIL; TONSIL ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141529787     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200310000-00024     Document Type: Article

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