Open AccessPost-Operative Sleep Endoscopy with Target-Controlled Infusion After Palatopharyngoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Anatomical and Polysomnographic Outcomes
Author(s) -
FengHsiang Chiu,
Yi Chang,
Wenyuan Liao,
Yu-Ling Yeh,
ChiaMo Lin,
Ofer Jacobowitz,
YingShuo Hsu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nature and science of sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1179-1608
DOI - 10.2147/nss.s311702
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , airway , polysomnography , prospective cohort study , cohort , sleep apnea , apnea , anesthesia , tongue , endoscopy , airway obstruction , surgery , pathology
The findings of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) are not always correlated with the outcome of upper airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and whether multilevel surgery is truly required in treating multilevel obstruction identified in preoperative DISE remains an issue. We attempted to compare DISE findings before and after palatopharyngoplasty in patients with OSA because changes in DISE may be beneficial to better understand polysomnographic and anatomical outcomes.