Radiofrequency surgery of the soft palate in the treatment of mild obstructive sleep apnea is not effective as a single-stage procedure: A randomized single-blinded placebo-controlled trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1621-1627

  Bäck, Leif J J ^a,e   Liukko, Tommi ^a   Rantanen, Irma ^a   Peltola, Jaakko S ^a   Partinen, Markku ^b   Ylikoski, Jukka ^a,c   Mäkitie, Antti A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Research Center   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Ear Institute   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e 00029 HUCH ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Radiofrequency; Radiofrequency ablation; Radiofrequency thermal ablation; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATE, SOFT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849111672     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20562     Document Type: Article

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