ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Quality of Life and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Who Are Treated with Multilevel Surgery or Adherent to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.
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- International expert consensus statement: surgical failure in obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of transoral robotic surgery of the base of the tongue vs. conservative treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, a RCT, the RAPID study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) and Postoperative Hemorrhage: An Analysis of Risk Factors.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Patient centered outcomes of transoral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective 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 · 2025Article
- Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sympathetic Nervous System on Cardiac Health: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- The Role of Transoral Robotic Surgery in the Era of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Solriamfetol enhances wakefulness and improves cognition and anxiety in a murine model of OSA.Sleep medicine · 2023Article
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- Treatment of sleep disordered breathing relapse after surgery.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2023Review
- OSA: Treatments beyond CPAP.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Head-Of-Bed Elevation (HOBE) for Improving Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea (POSA): An Experimental Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) syndrome is a respiratory sleep disorder characterized by a reduction (hypopnea) in or a complete cessation (apnea) of airflow in the upper airways at night, in the presence of breathing effort. The gold standard treatment for OSA is ventilation through continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), although this often shows poor patient compliance. In recent years, transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has been proposed as a valid surgical treatment for patients suffering from OSA in a multilevel surgical setting. The aim of this study is to analyze the effects on QoL and daytime sleepiness of multilevel surgery for OSA (barbed pharyngoplasty + transoral robotic surgery). Furthermore, we compared the impact on QoL and daytime sleepiness of two different treatments for patients with moderate to severe OSA, such as CPAP and TORS. Sixty-seven OSA patients who underwent multilevel robotic surgery and sixty-seven OSA patients treated with CPAP were enrolled, defined as Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. The Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) questionnaire was administrated to evaluate the changes in the QoL. Respiratory outcomes were evaluated and compared. Group 1 showed a GBI total average value of +30.4, whereas Group 2, a value of +33.2 (
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