Journal Reviews

Lingual tonsils and obstrucive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)

1 September 2019 | | Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Lingual tonsils, Retrolingual space, Sleep apnea, Surgery

Obstructive sleep apnoea can be due to narrowing of the retrolingual space by hypertrophic lingual tonsils. The authors studied 11 patients (five males and six females with a mean age of 44.3 years and a mean BMI of 28.6). All...