Guidelines on the surgical management of sleep disorders: A systematic review.

This article provides a summary and quality assessment of all published guidelines on the surgical management of sleep disorders. No U.K. guidelines were identified, and existing guidelines have several shortcomings. This highlights the need for robust U.K. national guidelines on sleep surgery to promote clinical and cost-effective care in this field. Our findings can be used by stakeholders as a foundation for the development of new guidelines and can be used by sleep surgeons to direct them to existing guidelines relevant to their practice, promoting evidence-based clinical care. Laryngoscope, 130:1070-1084, 2020.