Category: Snoring
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Obese Snorer getting treated
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS DLO, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Snoring and sleep apnea is very common in obese patient and vice verse.Type 2 diabetes also common in these patients as a complication of snoring sleep apnea.Here an obese patient weighing 115kg is undergoing surgery to cure severe OSA (500+), he was not able…
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Any Complications After Sleep Apnea Surgery?
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS DLO, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, explains the possible complications after surgery in snoring and sleep apnea. The complications of snoring and sleep apnea, if untreated is also mentioned. Complications of Sleep Apnea Surgery: The complication rate in my experience over the last 3 decades was extremely low (less…
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Turbinoplasty as part of sleep surgery
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Here Coblator assisted inferior turbinoplasty is done as part of sleep surgery in an obese patient with severe snoring and sleep apnea. There are many surgical procedures used to correct the upper airway obstruction starting from the Nose to Larynx; nasal polypectomy, septoplasty, turbinoplasty,…