Complications of laser-assisted uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (LA-UPPP) and radiofrequency treatments of snoring and chronic nasal congestion: A 10-year review of 5,600 patients

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1351-1362

  Madani, Mansoor ^a,b  

^a Dept Oral and Maxillofacial Surg   (Canada)

^b Center for Corrective Jaw Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HICCUP; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LASER ASSISTED UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NOSE CONGESTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; THROAT DISEASE; THRUSH; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HICCUP; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; NOSE DISEASES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 7044239426     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.05.213     Document Type: Article

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