Snoring management with nasal surgery and upper airway radiofrequency ablation

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1023-1027

  Carroll, William ^a   Wilhoit, Christina S ^a   Intaphan, Jared ^a   Nguyen, Shaun A ^a   Gillespie, M Boyd ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

inferior turbinate reduction; radiofrequency ablation; septoplasty; sleep surgery; snoring

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC NASAL BLOCKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUAL NERVE INJURY; LINGUAL NERVE PARALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL ULCERATION; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; NOSE ULCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATE DISEASE; PALATE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SNORING; SOCIALLY DISRUPTIVE SNORING; STEROID THERAPY; TONGUE EDEMA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNORING; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864739174     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812436940     Document Type: Article

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