Postoperative Pain and Side Effects after Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatoplasty, and Radiofrequency Tissue Volume Reduction in Primary Snoring

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2169-2173

  Rombaux, Philippe ^a   Hamoir, Marc ^a   Bertrand, Bernard ^a   Aubert, Genevieve ^a   Liistro, Giuseppe ^a   Rodenstein, Daniel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty; Pharyngeal pain; Postoperative complications; Radiofrequency tissue volume reduction; Snoring; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SNORING; THROAT SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 0347951337     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200312000-00023     Document Type: Article

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