Tag: sleep endoscopy
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Snoring Treatment-CPAP or Surgery? First Do Sleep Endoscpy
Sleep Endoscopy is a powerful tool for studying the dynamic airway in a sleeping patient with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Based on the level and pattern of airway obstruction in a patient with OSA, sleep endoscopy allows the ENT surgeon to tailor the treatment plan to each patient. This can improve the results of surgical…
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Snoring in Women:Drug Induced Sleep (Somno) Endoscopy
Dynamic Sleep Endoscopy represents a great advance in diagnosing levels of upper airway narrowing before Sleep Disorder Surgery.Drug induced sleep is obtained by giving target controlled Infusion of Propofol or Midazolam by the Anesthetist. I believe it is as an efficient and informative technique in surgical planning and increase the success rate of complex OSA…
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Sleep Apnea:Sleep Endoscopy before OSA Surgery
Successful surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea is based on the accurate identification of the pattern of airway obstruction . During drug-induced sleep endoscopy, patients receive sedation administered by an anesthesiologist in the operating room. Here a Sleep Apnea patient undergoes Sleep endoscopy in Jubilee Hospital Trivandrum Kerala South India,before multilevel surgery is undertaken. For…
