Treatment of hypertrophic palatine tonsils using bipolar radiofrequency-induced thermotherapy (RFITT)

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1176-1181

  Pfaar, O ^a,c   Spielhaupter, M ^a,c   Schirkowski, A ^a,c   Wrede, H ^a,c   Mosges R ^b   Hormann K ^a   Klimek, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Center for Rhinology and Allergology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Radiofrequency; Tonsillar hypertrophy; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY INDUCED THERMOTHERAPY; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PALATINE TONSIL HYPERTROPHY; PALATINE TONSILLECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35349005847     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701242428     Document Type: Article

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