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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2024

Safety and efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in multilevel airway surgery for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.

Adrian Williamson, Vincent R Morrow, Michele M Carr, Steven W Coutras

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Lingual Tonsillectomy as Part of a DISE-Directed Multilevel Upper Airway Surgery to Treat Complex Pediatric OSA: A Safe and Appropriate Procedure.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adrian WilliamsonDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Vincent R MorrowDepartment of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Michele M CarrDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
Steven W CoutrasDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
West Virginia University · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesPrior studies have demonstrated the efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in treating pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. The goal of this study is to describe the postoperative outcomes following lingual tonsillectomy as a part of drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed multilevel sleep surgery.

methodsA retrospective review was performed for pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea who underwent lingual tonsillectomy as a part of drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed sleep surgery. Data collected included age, sex assigned at birth, body mass index z-score, polysomnography results, past medical and surgical history, and postoperative outcomes.

resultsA total of 174 patients were included in the study with a mean age of 8.29 ± 3.49 years (range 1.89-15.62) and mean preoperative apnea-hypopnea index of 7.88 ± 13.42 (range 1.10-123.40). Complications occurred in 26 patients (14.9%) including 14 patients (8.0%) requiring emergency department visit or readmission and 12 patients (6.9%) experiencing postoperative bleeding. Asthma (

conclusionsThis study highlights the promising surgical success rate of drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed lingual tonsillectomy in multilevel sleep surgery (82.8%) and infrequent complications including postoperative bleeding (6.9%) and readmission (2.3%). CITATION: Williamson A, Morrow VR, Carr MM, Coutras SW. Safety and efficacy of lingual tonsillectomy in multilevel airway surgery for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.

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Sleep Apnea, ObstructiveTonsillectomyAdenoidectomyAdolescentBody Mass IndexChildChild, PreschoolEndoscopyFemaleHumansInfantMaleRetrospective StudiesTonguecomplicationsDISEdrug-induced sleep endoscopylingual tonsillectomymultilevel sleep surgeryobstructive sleep apneaOSApediatric obstructive sleep apneapediatric OSAsleep apnea

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PMID37707284
PMCPMC10835779
OpenAlexW4386726776

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