Upper airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea.

Airway Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Partial Upper Airway Obstruction during Sleep

5 Perttu Halme Airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea and partial upper airway obstruction during sleep. Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Turku, Finland. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis, Ser. D, Medica – Odontologica, 2011, Turku.

Possibilities for Increasing the Success Rate in Sleep Surgery

Sleep surgery is an important option in the treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly for those who have failed or cannot tolerate non-surgical treatments, such as positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy or oral appliances. Surgery aims to anatomically reduce upper airway obstruction in the whole upper airway, as in PAP therapy. However, surgery can fail to sufficien...

A cost-effective and rational surgical approach to patients with snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome, or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

The past decade has seen several innovations in the surgical techniques available for treatment of patients with sleep-disordered breathing. Outpatient techniques such as laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP) and more aggressive procedures designed to address hypopharyngeal and base of tongue obstruction (genioglossus advancement and hyoid myotomy) have been developed and proven successful. W...

Perioperative treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder. Despite reports of its role as a risk factor for postoperative morbidity and mortality, only a few investigators have examined the optimal treatment of patients during this vulnerable period. Recognition of obstructive sleep apnea during conscious sedation or in the perioperative period is important to prevent the occurrence of adv...

Nonresponders to pharyngeal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: insights from drug-induced sleep endoscopy.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To examine drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) findings in nonresponders to previous pharyngeal obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) surgery. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional. METHODS DISE using propofol for unconscious sedation was performed in nonresponders to previous OSA surgery (including palate surgery with or without tonsillectomy and possible other procedures). Nonrespond...

Is Apnea-Hypopnea Index a proper measure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea severity?