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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 Surgery2020

Lateral pharyngoplasty techniques for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a comparative experimental stress test of two different techniques.

Giannicola Iannella, Giuseppe Magliulo, Milena Di Luca, Andrea De Vito, Giuseppe Meccariello, Giovanni Cammaroto, Stefano Pelucchi, Anna Bonsembiante, Antonino Maniaci, Claudio Vicini

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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, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Olfactory function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis 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 · 2021
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  5. 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 · 2026
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  7. The Global Burden of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: From Symptoms to Treatment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  11. Efficacy, predictors of success and failure of an updated lateral pharyngoplasty approach as an independent procedure in treating obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP failures.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 · 2022
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Giannicola IannellaDepartment of 'Organi Di Senso', University "Sapienza", Via Satrico 7, 00183, Rome, Italy. giannicolaiannella@hotmail.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-2809
Giuseppe MagliuloDepartment of 'Organi Di Senso', University "Sapienza", Via Satrico 7, 00183, Rome, Italy.
Milena Di LucaDepartment of ENT, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Andrea De VitoDepartment of Head-Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Head-Neck and Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Giuseppe MeccarielloDepartment of Head-Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Head-Neck and Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Giovanni CammarotoDepartment of Head-Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Head-Neck and Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Stefano PelucchiDepartment ENT and Audiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Anna BonsembianteDepartment ENT and Audiology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Antonino ManiaciDepartment of ENT, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Claudio ViciniDepartment of Head-Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Head-Neck and Oral Surgery Unit, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Ospedale G.B. Morgagni - L.Pierantoni · ITUniversity of Ferrara · ITUniversity of Catania · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo show the different effects of expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty (ESP) and barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP) on muscle tension and muscle fiber tearing using a comparative experimental stress test with a frog thigh muscle model.

methodsFrog thigh muscle was used for this experimental study. A Barbed suture was used to simulate the BRP pharyngoplasty whereas a Vicryl 3-0 suture was used to simulate the ESP technique. The other extremity of the suture was attached to traction scales. The traction scales were used to measure the weight relative to the amount of force required to obtain muscle breaking. Both surgical techniques were simulated on the frog muscle. Traction was performed until muscle breaking was observed, measuring the value of force needed to obtain muscle rupture.

resultsSpecimen muscle breakdown in the ESP simulation occurred with an average value of 0.7 kg of traction force. Contrarily, specimen muscle breakdown in the BRP simulation with Barbed suture occurred with an average value of 1.5 kg of traction force

conclusionDuring simulation of the ESP technique, specimen muscle breakdown occurred with an average value of traction force lower than in the BRP technique. During traction the multiple lateral sustaining suture loops of BRP could ensure greater stability then the single pulling tip suture of ESP with minor risk of muscle fiber damage.

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Exercise TestSleep Apnea, ObstructiveHumansPharynxSuturesSuture TechniquesTreatment OutcomeBarbed reposition pharyngoplastyExpansion sphincter pharyngoplastyExperimental testObstructive sleep apneaOSA surgeryPharyngoplasty

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