Transoral robotic tongue base resection in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome: A preliminary report

ORL

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Vicini, Claudio ^a   Dallan, Iacopo ^b   Canzi, Pietro ^a   Frassineti, Sabrina ^a   La Pietra, Maria Grazia ^a   Montevecchi, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome; Robotic surgery, transoral; Sleep apnoea; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIGLOTTIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SWALLOWING; THERAPY EFFECT; TONGUE; TONGUE ROOT; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76749158406     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284352     Document Type: Article

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