Transoral robotic surgery of the tongue base in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: Anatomic considerations and clinical experience

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Vicini, Claudio ^a   Dallan, Iacopo ^b   Canzi, Pietro ^a   Frassineti, Sabrina ^a   Nacci, Andrea ^b   Seccia, Veronica ^b   Panicucci, Erica ^c   Grazia La Pietra, Maria ^a   Montevecchi, Filippo ^a   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

OSAHS; robotic surgery; sleep apnea; tongue base; transoral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555172389     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21691     Document Type: Article

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