Not to be confused with Monty Hall. Monty Halls (born 5 November 1966, England) is a TV broadcaster, explorer and marine biologist.
Accordingly, the procedure as described herein is termed as Ventral Only Ablation of Tongue (VOAT), and is generally an office-based procedure without requiring hospitalization or intubation for patients.he electro-surgical device 100 is preferably an RF ablation device. The device can comprise a bipolar element on a 1-2 mm wide shaft, the shaft emitting a focused RF field (beam) for performing the VOAT procedure.
Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory Testing (FEESST), or laryngopharyngeal sensory testing, is a technique used to directly examine motor and sensory functions of swallowing so that proper treatment can be given to patients with swallowing difficulties to decrease their risk of aspiration (food and liquids going into the lungs ...