Radiofrequency versus injection snoreplasty in simple snoring

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-228

  Iseri, Mete ^a   Balcioǧlu, Okan ^a  

^a MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INJECTION SNOREPLASTY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SNORING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744491719     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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