Single-session radiofrequency tongue base reduction combined with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1495-1500

  Eun, Young Gyu ^a   Kim, Sung Wan ^a   Kwon, Kee Hwan ^a   Byun, Jae Yong ^a   Lee, Kun Hee ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multilevel obstruction; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Radiofrequency; Tongue base reduction; Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY TONGUE BASE REDUCTION; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TASTE DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TONGUE ULCER; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849404493     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0688-7     Document Type: Article

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