MICRODEBRIDER-ASSISTED UVULOPALATOPLASTY

Authors
TARABICHI M
Citation
M. Tarabichi, MICRODEBRIDER-ASSISTED UVULOPALATOPLASTY, Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, 119(1), 1998, pp. 131-133
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01945998
Volume
119
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
131 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0194-5998(1998)119:1<131:MU>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This report describes 3 years' experience with the microdebrider as a safe and reasonable alternative to CO2 laser for uvulopalatoplasty. Th e cost and compact size of the equipment, as well as the ease of surge ry, are the main advantages for microdebrider-assisted surgery.