Effects of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with or without radiofrequency tongue base reduction on voice in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1806-1810

  Eun, Young Gyu ^a   Shin, Seung Youp ^a   Kim, Sung Wan ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

formant; Obstructive sleep apnea; radiofrequency; tongue base; voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY TONGUE BASE REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SURGICAL PATIENT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VOICE CHANGE; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX; VOWEL;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; PHONATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84879418449     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23456     Document Type: Article

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