Transoral robotic glossectomy for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 854-862

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b   Hamilton, Craig ^b   Samuelson, Christian G ^b   Kelley, Kanwar ^b   Taylor, David ^b   Pearson Chauhan, Kristine ^b   Maley, Alexander ^a,b   Taylor, Renwick ^b   Venkatesan, T K ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

glossectomy; obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; robotic surgery; sleep apnea; sleep apnea surgery; transoral robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSECTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATOPLASTY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY BASE OF TONGUE REDUCTION; ROBOTICS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SUBMUCOSAL MINIMALLY INVASIVE LINGUAL EXCISION; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; TONGUE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864000779     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811434262     Document Type: Article

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