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ArticleEuropean 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 Surgery2019

"Barbed snore surgery" simulator: a low-cost surgical model.

Vittorio Rinaldi, Andrea Costantino, Antonio Moffa, Peter Baptista, Lorenzo Sabatino, Manuele Casale

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Article 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, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  4. Ex-vivo surgical model for "Barbed Snore Surgery": a feasibility study.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 · 2019
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Vittorio RinaldiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Integrated Therapies in Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-0018
Andrea CostantinoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Integrated Therapies in Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy. andrea.costantino94@libero.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-7785
Antonio MoffaDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6181-8194
Peter BaptistaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Lorenzo SabatinoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Integrated Therapies in Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.
Manuele CasaleDepartment of Otolaryngology, Integrated Therapies in Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8223-0824

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background"Barbed snore surgery" (BSS) represents one of the last innovation for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) surgical management. Although this technique represents an effective and minimally invasive surgery, it is not still widespread in many ENT centers. The aim of our study was to develop an inexpensive surgical simulator useful to expedite the surgical learning curve for BSS in untrained ENT surgeons. MODEL ASSEMBLY: The simulator is a simple model composed of a manually shaped silicone palate (3 × 4 × 1 cm) fixed on a resin skeleton (21 × 16 × 12 cm) using a transparent silicon rubber. The mandible is fixed bilaterally with the aid of two screws allowing for modular inter-incisive distance. SIMULATION: Barbed anterior pharyngoplasty (BAPh) was readily performed on the simulator to show the feasibility of this BSS model. All surgical steps were carried out determining a lift and a shortening of the palate as in real surgery.

conclusionsThis is the first surgical model that provides a realistic, easily repeatable training in the performance of BSS. Our BSS surgical model is very inexpensive with a cost of approximately 19.25$ dollars and it is manufactured to facilitate a worldwide diffusion of this promising palatal surgery for OSAS.

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Models, AnatomicSimulation TrainingCosts and Cost AnalysisHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresOtorhinolaryngologic Surgical ProceduresPharynxSleep Apnea, ObstructiveSnoringBarbedSimulatorSleep apneaSurgerySurgical model

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