Sleep parameter characteristics of patients with OSA who have retropalatal circumferential narrowing and the clinical significance of lateral pharyngeal wall collapse during sleep.
Sun A HanHyunkyung ChaSeung Koo YangSeo Young KimDoo Hee HanDong-Young KimChae-Seo RheeHyun Jik KimPublished in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2023)
Our clinical findings suggest that the presence of RC narrowing with LPW collapse in OSA is closely related to increased apneic and oxygen desaturation events. RC narrowing with LPW collapse may be targets for surgical correction in patients with OSA to improve therapeutic outcomes.