Tag: coblator surgery for sleep apnea
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Surgical Options to Beat Sleep Apnea (India)
Once the diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea is made, the treatment is not easy. Just prescribing a CPAP is not the best option that exist.For some patients, CPAP is very effective, but some refuse this option and others cannot tolerate it, requiring an alternative treatment. Correcting the upper airway by surgery can help the patient…
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Sleep Apnea:Surgical Options
Patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea need multilevel surgery to remove the areas of upper airway narrowing.In my experience of doing Sleep Apnea surgery for the last 18 years,I find minimally invasive procedures won’t do much good for these patients.One time radical multilevel surgery is the answer, especially in a country like India. Here a…
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A case of Severe Sleep Apnea
A catholic priest who has severe OSA due to multilevel upper airway obstruction-Nose,retroplalatal, base of tongue and pharyngeal airway-underwent Laser UPP ,but it failed and redo surgery using RF is being done. This time he underwent tonsillectomy, CAUP, Soft palate channeling, tongue base reduction and nasal turbinoplasty under GA. For more videos and details, go…
