Journal Reviews

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An alternative device for obstructive sleep apnoea

7 January 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Apnea–hypopnea index, Intermittent negative air pressure, Intraoral device, Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Oral pressure therapy, Sleep-disordered breathing

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), primarily due to the vast amount of short-term evidence in the medical literature it has accrued. The enduring obstacle to CPAP from becoming a treatment option...

Surgery for snoring

1 September 2017 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, snoring surgery, functional expansion pharyngoplasty, osteotomy, septoplasty, somnoplasty

The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing is rapidly increasing. There is variable evidence for surgical treatments for snoring currently. This Belgian study was a retrospective review of 84 patients who underwent surgery for snoring between May 2011 and December 2015. A...

Surgical options for children with OSA

1 January 2017 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, Sleep apnea, Obstructive sleep apnea, Pediatric, Adenotonsillectomy, Lingual tonsillectomy, Midline glossectomy, Supraglottoplasty, Turbinoplasty, Tracheostomy, Drug-induced sleep endoscopy, DISE, Distraction osteogenesis

This paper looks at the surgical management of OSA in children and approaches the method of patient selection initially. They discuss the role of polysomnography in that it is part of the AAOHNS criteria in those patients with OSA symptoms...

The Impact of sleep endoscopy for paediatric obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

1 May 2015 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, snoring, drug-induced sleep endoscopy, polysomnography, children

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is not always resolved or improved with adenotonsillectomy. Persistent or complex cases of paediatric OSA may be due to sites of obstruction in the airway other than the tonsils and adenoids. Investigation of paediatric obstructive...