Radiofrequency treatment in simple snoring: Tolerance, safety and results;Tratamiento de la roncopatía simple con radiofrecuencia: tolerancia, seguridad y resultados

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-305

  Amorós Sebastiá, Luis I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Controlled temperature radiofrequency; Sleep respiratory disease; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE; TONSIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BURNS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL ULCER; PALATE, SOFT; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958787609     PISSN: 00016519     EISSN: 19883013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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