Preservation Palatopharyngoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Predictors and Clinical Outcomes
Here is the take-home point. The decision this paper touches is what to offer a patient with moderate to severe sleep apnea who is not a good Inspire candidate. Often that is because of large tonsils, a high body mass index, or both. Dr. Nord's practice implants Inspire at high volume and performs barbed reposition pharyngoplasty, so this is a familiar fork in the road. First, the paper sharpens counseling. In this series, the AHI was cut roughly in half, from about fifty to about twenty-three. Only about one in three was cured. Counsel with that residual AHI, not the nine-in-ten success…
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