Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: A meta-analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1878-1883

  Farrar, Joshua ^a   Ryan, James ^a   Oliver, Eric ^a   Gillespie, M Boyd ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea surgery; Radiofrequency ablation; Volumetric tissue reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; CATHETER ABLATION; REVIEW; TONGUE;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; PALATE, SOFT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 53449086400     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817d9cc1     Document Type: Article

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