Evolution of soft palate surgery techniques for obstructive sleep apnea patients: A comparative study for single-level palatal surgeries.

Mohamed Salah RashwanFilippo MontevecchiGiovanni CammarotoMohamed Badr El DeenNagi IskanderDiaa El HennawiMohammed El TabbakhGiuseppe MeccarielloRiccardo GobbiFrancesco StomeoClaudio Vicini

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2017)

Barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP) can be considered an effective procedure on the basis of the postoperative outcomes. ESP still proves to be a good technique especially when performed by experienced surgeons. Both techniques proved to be superior to UPPP.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
end stage renal disease
minimally invasive
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
patients undergoing
type diabetes
coronary artery bypass
acute coronary syndrome
positive airway pressure
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue