SynthesisEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2017
Tongue reduction for OSAHS: TORSs vs coblations, technologies vs techniques, apples vs oranges.
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- Comparison of transoral robotic surgery with other surgeries for obstructive sleep apnea.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of barbed repositioning pharyngoplasty for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): a prospective randomized trial.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Trial
- Challenging barriers in OSA: Outcomes of "Down under" pharyngoplasty and coblation tongue channelling.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Therapeutic Efficacy of Endoscope-Guided Coblation for Tongue Base Reduction as Part of Multilevel Surgery in Moderate to Severe OSA Patients.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026Article
- Patient centered outcomes of transoral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2023Review
- TORS as Part of Multilevel Surgery in OSA: The Importance of Careful Patient Selection and Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- One-Stage Multilevel Surgery for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- OSA Upper Airways Surgery: A Targeted Approach.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Robo-Cob technique; transoral endoscopic coblation tongue base resection in obstructive sleep apnea patients.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- Effects of low-temperature plasma treatment on pulmonary function in children with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.Irish journal of medical science · 2020Article
- Effect of Weight Loss on Upper Airway Anatomy and the Apnea-Hypopnea Index. The Importance of Tongue Fat.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Article
- Chronic Otitis Media Associated with Cholesteatoma in a Case of the Say-Barber-Biesecker-Young-Simpson Variant of Ohdo Syndrome.The American journal of case reports · 2019Article
- Robot-assisted Tongue Base Resection ensures favorable therapeutic outcome to Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients with Lingual tonsil hypertrophy.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Trans-oral robotic surgery versus coblation tongue base reduction for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.PeerJ · 2019Article
- Trans-Oral Robotic Tongue Reduction for OSA: Does Lingual Anatomy Influence the Surgical Outcome?Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
Coblation tongue surgery and Trans-oral robotic surgery (TORS) proved to be the most published therapeutical options for the treatment of patients affected by obstructive sleep apneas (OSAHS). A systematic review of the literature and an analysis of the data are presented. The mean rates of failure were 34.4 and 38.5 %, respectively in TORS and Coblation groups. Complications occurred in 21.3 % of the patients treated with TORS and in 8.4 % of the patients treated with Coblation surgery. TORS seems to give slightly better results, allowing a wider surgical view and a measurable, more consistent removal of lingual tissue. However, the higher rate of minor complication and the significant costs of TORS must also be considered. Moreover, both technologies may be applied to a wide range of surgical techniques, each of them with different effectiveness.
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