Combined radiofrequency surgery of the tongue base and soft palate in obstructive sleep apnoea

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 827-832

  Stuck, Boris A ^a   Starzak, Katrin ^a   Hein, Gerhard ^a   Verse, Thomas ^a   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Maurer, Joachim T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnoea; Radiofrequency surgery; Soft palate; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY VOLUMETRIC TISSUE REDUCTION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORAL SURGERY; PALATAL OBSTRUCTION; PALATOPLASTY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOSURGERY; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RETROLINGUAL OBSTRUCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SOMNOLENCE; TONGUE; TONGUE ROOT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 4644360100     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410017378     Document Type: Article

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