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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

Transpalatal advancement pharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Keith Volner, Brandyn Dunn, Edward T Chang, Sungjin A Song, Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu, Scott E Brietzke, Peter O'Connor, Macario Camacho

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Synthesis in 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, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Barbed palatal surgery: single stage or multilevel setting-a systematic review by the Young Otolaryngologists of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology.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 · 2023
    Pooled it
  2. Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024).World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026
    Article
  3. International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Keith VolnerTripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Honolulu, HI, 96859, USA.
Brandyn DunnJohn A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
Edward T ChangTripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Honolulu, HI, 96859, USA.
Sungjin A SongTripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Honolulu, HI, 96859, USA.
Stanley Yung-Chuan LiuDivision of Sleep Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Scott E BrietzkeDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA.
Peter O'ConnorDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Sleep Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 78234, USA.
Macario CamachoDivision of Sleep Surgery and Medicine, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Honolulu, HI, 96859, USA. drcamachoent@yahoo.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective is to determine if apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and lowest oxygen saturation (LSAT) improve after transpalatal advancement pharyngoplasty (TPAP) with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults, using a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nine databases, including PubMed/MEDLINE, were searched through April 1, 2016. All studies that included patients who underwent TPAP alone were included in this analysis. Fifty-six studies were potentially relevant, 37 were downloaded and five studies met criteria with 199 patients (age: 42.5 ± 9.7 years and body mass index: 29.0 ± 4.0 kg/m

Indexed as

AdultComparative Effectiveness ResearchHumansOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresPalatePharynxPlastic Surgery ProceduresSleep Apnea, ObstructiveMeta-analysisObstructive sleep apneaSleep surgerySystematic reviewTranspalatal advancement pharyngoplasty

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PMID27289234

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