First-choice treatment in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea: Single-stage, multilevel, temperature-controlled radiofrequency tissue volume reduction or nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 915-919

  Ceylan, Kursat ^a   Emir, Hatice ^a   Kizilkaya, Zeynep ^a   Tasta, Eren ^a   Yavanoglu, Ahmet ^a   Uzunkulaoǧlu, Hakki ^a   Samim, Erdal ^a   Felek, Sevim Arslan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY TISSUE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 70349313364     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.117     Document Type: Article

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