Tongue coblation via the ventral approach for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2582-2586

  Hou, Tiening ^a   Hu, Sunhong ^a   Jiang, Xiaohua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coblation; Level of Evidence: 3b; lingual artery; microinvasive tongue surgery; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; radiofrequency; ventral tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE COBLATION; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867979309     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23556     Document Type: Article

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