Radiological Appearances of Oropharyngeal Soft Tissue Reduction with Bipolar Radio-Frequency Ablation in Sleep Disordered Breathing

Abstract

To demonstrate and track the changes of bipolar radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction (BRFVTR) induced lesions of the tongue base and soft palate in the treatment of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in a pilot study.

Keywords

sleep disordered breathing magnetic resonance imaging oropharyngeal radio frequency tissue ablation

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