Treatment of primary snoring using modified radiofrequency-assisted uvulopalatoplasty

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1807-1814

  Yoruk, Ozgur ^a   Akgun, Metin ^a   Sutbeyaz, Yavuz ^a   Aktan, Bulent ^a   Ucuncu, Harun ^a   Tatar, Arzu ^a   Altas, Enver ^a   Araz, Omer ^a   Erdem, Ali Fuat ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency; Snoring; Soft palate

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ASSISTED UVULOPALATOPLASTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SNORING; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449110650     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-0926-7     Document Type: Article

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