Radiofrequency tongue reduction through a cervical approach: A pilot study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1887-1893

  Blumen, Marc B ^a,b   Coquille, François ^a   Rocchicioli, Catherine ^a   Mellot, François ^a   Chabolle, Frédéric ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Médical Veille Sommeil CMVS   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical approach; Radiofrequency; Sleep apnea syndrome; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NECK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TONGUE; TONGUE PARALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; SNORING; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749451906     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000234935.25098.32     Document Type: Article

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