Treatment of primary snoring using radiofrequency-assisted uvulopalatoplasty

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 761-767

  Lim, D J ^a   Kang, S H ^a   Kim, B H ^a   Kim, H G ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Laser; Radiofrequency; Uvulopalatoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 34249338413     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0252-x     Document Type: Article

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