Tag: OSA and epiglottis

• Floppy Epiglottis in Sleep Apnea

  

  During Sleep endoscopy one can see a large floppy epiglottis closing like a door over the laryngeal inlet.In this video one can see a door like epiglottis literally blows down and completely occlude the laryngeal inlet. The patient complained of suffocation while using CPAP. The somnoendoscopy was performed prior to multilevel OSA surgery , a…

  Dr Paulose

  July 18, 2013

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  CPAP and Epiglottis, epiglottectomy, Epiglottis (Anatomical Structure), Epiglottis and sleep apnea, epiglottis surgery in sleep apnea, epiglottopexy, large floppy epiglottis, laser epiglottis, lax epiglottis, OSA and epiglottis, sleep apnea epiglottis, surgery epiglottis