Use of Er,Cr:YSGG versus standard lasers in laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty for treatment of snoring

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1512-1516

  Pavelec, Vaclav ^a   Polenik, Pavel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CO2; Er,Cr:YSGG; Histology; KTP; LAUP; Palatal surgery; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; LASER SURGERY; PAIN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; UVULA;

EID: 33746798133     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000227958.81725.f4     Document Type: Article

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