A long-term study of patients who had upper airway surgery has confirmed the benefits for better management of moderate to severe sleep apnea for people who failed to adapt or are not suited to continuous positive pressure airway (CPAP) therapy, say Flinders University and other experts.
Follow-up checks with 36 of the first 48 patients who had Sleep Apnea Multi-Level Surgery —which involves repositioning the palate along with minimally invasive tongue volume reduction to increase upper airway flow—found consistently positive improvement in their sleep apnea symptoms up to three years later, according to new research in theAlmost 1 billion people are living with diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea globally, with the main treatment CPAP tolerated by only about half of those who...
"Clarity about the long-term benefits of pharyngeal airway surgery is necessary because the alternative CPAP or a mandibular advancement splint are affected by usage, and real-life effectiveness of these therapies are often suboptimal. About half the 102 people recruited for the SAMS trial were randomly assigned the surgery while the rest continued to receive the best possible medical treatment.
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