Radiofrequency tissue volume reduction of the soft palate and UPPP in the treatment of snoring

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-170

  Hofmann, T ^a   Schwantzer, G ^a   Reckenzaun, E ^a   Koch, H ^a   Wolf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

OSAS; Radiofrequency; Snoring; UPPP; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA; ORAL SURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY TISSUE VOLUME REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE; TONSIL; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544464656     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-0959-5     Document Type: Article

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