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 sufficiently widen the entire upper airway because surgery cannot be adjustable after postoperative state, as in PAP therapy. Surgery also includes the possibility of complications, which can be mild or severe. Nevertheless, surgery is still an important option because of the low compliance and inevitability of lifelong treatment in non-surgical treatment. The “Box and