Radiofrequency-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for snoring: Long-term follow-up

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1617-1620

  Stuck, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency surgery; Radiofrequency assisted uvulopalatoplasty long term follow up; Soft palate snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOSURGERY; RELAPSE; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNORING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849115602     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20488     Document Type: Article

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