Category: Snoring
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Sleep Disorder Breathing:Sleep Surgery
Sleep Surgery is the surgical treatment of sleep disordered breathing ,a term that encompasses primary snoring to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
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Surgery or CPAP for Sleep Disorder Breathing?
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Surgical intervention the only alternative for some OSA patients; however, it is important to keep in mind that no surgical procedure is universally successful. In Severe Snoring and OSA CPAP and Surgical Treatment are the common options. But CPAP is not tolerated well by…
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Tests Before Surgery For Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Surgical treatments for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea include several different techniques for removing tissue from the back of the patient\’s throat, reshaping the nasal passages or preventing the tongue from blocking the airway during sleep. In children the best surgical treatment is removing…