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ArticleActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2018

Moderate OSAS and turbinate decongestion: surgical efficacy in improving the quality of life and compliance of CPAP using Epworth score and SNOT-20 score.

A Fiorita, E Scarano, R Mastrapasqua, P M Picciotti, A Loperfido, G Rizzotto, G Paludetti

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Article in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Maximizing outcomes by multimodal treatment in obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-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 · 2026
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  2. Referral of adults with obstructive sleep apnea for surgical consultation: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
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  8. Nasal pathologies in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A FioritaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
E ScaranoDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
R MastrapasquaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
P M PicciottiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
A LoperfidoDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
G RizzottoDepartment of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
G PaludettiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryDrug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is an important procedure in diagnostic pathway of patients affected by moderate OSAS. However, the Italian National Health System does not provide any compatible Diagnosis-related-group (DRG) code codification for DISE, which makes it impossible to obtain regional reimbursement. In order to overcome this problem, DISE is usually associated with other codified surgical procedures. The aim of our study is to assess the association of turbinate decongestion (TD) and DISE in order to combine in a single operating session diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The objective of our work is to assess the role of nasal surgery on symptoms of moderate OSA. Recent studies have confirmed that isolated nasal surgery improves quality of life (QOL), but not the apnoea hypopnoea index (AHI) during polygraph registration. We enrolled 30 patients, aged between 29 and 64 years (mean 50.53 ± 9.20), 26 males and 4 females, with a mean BMI of 26.07 ± 2.81 kg/m

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Quality of LifeAdultContinuous Positive Airway PressureDiagnostic Self EvaluationFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNasal Surgical ProceduresPatient ComplianceProspective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSleep Apnea, ObstructiveTreatment OutcomeTurbinatesDISE (Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy)Epworth scoreOSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome)QOL (Quality of Life)SNOT-20 score

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