Controlled trial of combined radiofrequency-assisted uvulopalatoplasty in the treatment of snoring and mild to moderate OSAS (pilot study)

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 695-703

  Balsevičius, Tomas ^a   Uloza, Virgilijus ^a   Vaitkus, Saulius ^a   Sakalauskas, Raimundas ^a   Miliauskas, Skaidrius ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; Radiofrequency treatment; Radiofrequency assisted uvulopalatoplasty; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPNEA INDEX; MEMORY DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; UVULA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878019984     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-012-0744-9     Document Type: Article

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