Palatal stiffening via transoral, retrograde interstitial laser coagulation

Current treatment modalities for snoring may include mucosal removal, coblation or radiofrequency palatoplasty, injection snoreplasty and placement of palatal implants with described disadvantages. We introduce a new laser assisted method avoiding intraoral injury. A pilot study treating 13 loud sno...

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Main Authors: Yosef P. Krespi, Victor Kizhner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-10-01
Series:Surgical Techniques Development
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/std/article/view/2871