Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in severe idiopathic obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
Open Access
- 1 March 1989
- Vol. 44 (3) , 205-208
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.44.3.205
Abstract
Eleven patients with severe obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, which was fully reversed by treatment with nasal continuous positive airways pressure, underwent uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. All patients were followed for at least 12 months after surgery. One patient with large tonsils was cured. Of the remaining 10 patients, two showed minimal objective improvement at 12 months and the rest were unchanged. Four patients subsequently developed cardiac failure due to obstructive sleep apnoea. Thus uvulopalatopharyngoplasty was not effective in these patients with severe idiopathic obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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