Category: Coblator Surgery
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Soft Palate and Tongue in Sleep Surgery
Surgery to treat severe snoring is often a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.Indications of surgical procedures include obesity, snoring unrelieved with position change, unrelieved with behavioral or lifestyle change, obstructive anatomic airway features, and sleep apnea. Not all surgical procedures are ideal for sleep apnea patients. The surgical procedures used most commonly to relieve snoring…
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Nasal Surgery Cure Snoring
Nasal blockage can cause snoring and obstructive sleep apnea and nasal surgery will help reduce the symptoms of OSA and snoring to some extent.Therefore, the treatment of nasal obstruction plays an important role in sleep apnea surgery. Three anatomic areas of the nose that may contribute to obstruction are the septum, the turbinates, and the…
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Surgery for Snoring:How Its done with Coblator?
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty using RF Coblation: CAUP- This procedure involves removing the uvula, a portion of the soft palate, the tonsils, and redundant (excess) tissue from the throat. This procedure is done for people with obstruction in the upper pharynx of the palate.CAUP may be performed in conjunction with other treatments targeted at other areas of collapse.…