High energy single session radiofrequency tongue treatment in obstructive sleep apnea surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 883-888

  Nelson, Lionel M ^a   Barrera, Jose E ^b  

^a Otolaryngol Hd Neck Surg Clin   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALATE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; TONGUE; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SEPTUM; ORAL ULCER; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TASTE DISORDERS; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 36148973526     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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