Treatment of sleep apnoea with tonsillectomy: a retrospective analysis using long-term follow-up data.
Henrik M SjöblomMax NahkuriMiika SuomelaJussi JeroJaakko M PiitulainenPublished 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 (2022)
Our results support that tonsillectomy is an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults with tonsillar hypertrophy. With less severe OSA than those reported on previously, our patients also had less severe daytime sleepiness before surgery, and daytime sleepiness score reductions did not reach statistical significance. In the future, long-term results should be further analysed.
Keyphrases
- obstructive sleep apnea
- sleep quality
- positive airway pressure
- end stage renal disease
- sleep apnea
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- depressive symptoms
- minimally invasive
- newly diagnosed
- early onset
- prognostic factors
- machine learning
- big data
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- replacement therapy
- current status
- surgical site infection