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15952490

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
5 patients, 4 males aged 41, 32, 52 and 49 years and 1 female aged 57 years, suffered from socially unacceptable snoring and hypersomnolence in the daytime. They were evaluated for obstructive sleep-apnoea syndrome. After polysomnography and sleep endoscopy was performed to establish the severity of the sleep-apnoea syndrome and the level(s) of upper airway obstruction, a patient-specific treatment was performed. Conservative therapy with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was refused by 4 patients, while 1 patient discontinued therapy after complaints of nose obstruction. This patient underwent radiofrequency thermotherapy (RFTT) of the inferior turbinates. The other patients underwent uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), RFTT of the soft palate, hyoidthyroidpexia (HTP) and 'multilevel' surgery: UPPP, HTP and RFTT of the tongue base, respectively. All patients showed improvement after surgery. Although its longterm effects are not yet known, surgical treatment is an option for patients with obstructive sleep-apnoea syndrome who cannot or will not undergo CPAP.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0028-2162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1193-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Surgical treatment of obstructive sleep-apnoea syndrome].
pubmed:affiliation
Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis, afd. Keel-, Neus- en Oorheelkunde, Postbus 9243, 1006 AE Amsterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment, English Abstract, Case Reports