Temperature-controlled radiofrequency treatment of tonsillar hypertrophy for reduction of upper airway obstruction in pediatric patients

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-431

  Coticchia, James M ^a,f   Yun, Romy D ^b   Nelson, Lionel ^c   Koempel, Jeffrey ^d,e  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSIL HYPERTROPHY; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33645852564     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.4.425     Document Type: Article

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