Post-Operative Sleep Endoscopy with Target-Controlled Infusion After Palatopharyngoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Anatomical and Polysomnographic Outcomes.

Feng-Hsiang ChiuYi ChangWen-Wei LiaoYu-Ling YehChia-Mo LinOfer JacobowitzYing-Shuo Hsu

Published in: Nature and science of sleep (2021)

Palatopharyngoplasty could change the collapse pattern at the velum in most patients. Preoperative and postoperative complete tongue base collapse and postoperative velar collapse identified in TCI-DISE were associated with relatively poor outcomes.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
obstructive sleep apnea
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
low dose
prognostic factors
physical activity
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome