Radiofrequency ablation treatment of soft palate for patients with snoring: A Systematic review of effectiveness and adverse effects

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1241-1250

  Bäck, Leif J J ^a,d   Hytönen, Maija L ^a   Roine, Risto P ^b   Malmivaara, Antti O V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitual snoring; Radiofrequency ablation; Review; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATE, SOFT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849108843     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20215     Document Type: Article

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