title: The experience of treatment of coblation assisted surgical approach to Eagle's syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article aimed to Summarize our therapeutic experience with Transoral coblation assisted surgical approach used for treatment of Eagle's syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  sixty-two consecutive patients, from 2010 to 2015, underwent coblation assisted surgical treatment to remove elongated styloid process transorally. Outcomes were assessed in terms of intraoperative and postoperative complications, patients' evolution and efficiency of treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The amount of bleeding was 1ml~4ml, average 2.7ml, unilateral operation time was 3min to 10min, average 6.2min, bilateral for 7min to 15min, average 13.5min. no bleeding and complications after operation. Pseudo membrane completely off the 14days or so, the cure rate was 58.1%, the efficiency of 30.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to get a good curative effect, we should pay attention to the accurate diagnosis, choose the appropriate way of intubation and mouth opening device, pay attention to the details of the operation, maximize the effect of coblation to achieve a more minimally invasive treatment effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Liaoning, China. Electronic address: osahs000@163.com.
authors.forename: Chenjing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Cuiping
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: She
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Liaoning, China.
authors.forename: Qingfeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009055:Mouth; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Eagle's syndrome; coblation; surgical treatment; transoral approach