ArticleScientific reports2018
Suspension Palatoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea- A Preliminary Study.
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- Upper Airway Collapsibility During Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Is Associated With the Response to Upper Airway Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- The pterygomandibular raphe: a comprehensive review.Anatomy & cell biology · 2024Review
- Combined Airway and Bariatric Surgery (CABS) for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients with Morbid Obesity: A Comprehensive Alternative Preliminary Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Surgical anatomy of the lingual nerve for palate surgery: where is located and how to avoid it.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 · 2022Article
- Holistic care for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with an emphasis on restoring nasal breathing: A review and perspective.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2022Review
- Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness.Future science OA · 2021Article
- Post-Operative Sleep Endoscopy with Target-Controlled Infusion After Palatopharyngoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Anatomical and Polysomnographic Outcomes.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- Effect of Modified Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty without Tonsillectomy on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Polysomnographic Outcome and Correlation with Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- Does nasal surgery improve multilevel surgical outcome in obstructive sleep apnea: A multicenter study on 735 patients.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2020Article
- Manipulation of Lateral Pharyngeal Wall Muscles in Sleep Surgery: A Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Association of cumulative surgeon volume and risk of complications in adult uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: a population-based study in Taiwan.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Article
- Intrapharyngeal surgery with integrated treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.Biomedical journal · 2019Review
- Palatal anatomy for sleep apnea surgery.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2019Review
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Abstract
Suspension palatoplasty, a new surgical technique to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), has been developed to correct the retropalatal obstruction in patients with small tonsils (grade I/II) and anterior-posterior palatal (A-P) obstruction. The objecteive of this preliminary study was to investigate the effectiveness and change in retropalatal airway dimensions after suspension palatoplasty. This retrospective case series study included 25 consecutive male adults with OSA. Unique technical features of suspension palatoplasty are exposure of pterygomandibular raphe and suspension of palatopharyngeus muscle to the raphe. Six months after suspension palatoplasty, apnea-hyponea index significantly reduced from 39.8 to 15.1 (effect size = 1.6). None experienced postoperative bleeding and velopharyngeal insufficiency 1 month following surgery. Subjective snoring severity (visual analogue scale) and daytime sleepiness (the Epworth Sleepiness Scale) significantly improved (8.7 vs 2.0 and 10.2 vs 4.9, respectively). A-P dimension of the retropalatal airspace widened significantly on perioperative endoscopy (23.0 units vs 184.6 unites) as well as posterior air space in cephalometry (7.6 mm vs 10.2 mm). Our preliminary findings show that suspension palatoplasty seems to be an effective OSA surgery in the specific patient population with minimal complications, however, further studies including a large number of patients are required to confirm the findings.
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