Radiofrequency surgery of the tongue base in the treatment of snoring - A pilot study

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Welt, Sandra ^a   Maurer, Joachim T ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Stuck, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Primary snoring; Radiofrequency surgery; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONGUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNORING; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947595585     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-006-0080-z     Document Type: Article

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