Tag: somnoendoscopy
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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…
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Why Sleep (Somno) Endoscopy before Sleep Apnea Surgery?
The localization of obstruction of upper airways in patients who have Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome is evaluated by different tests like awake endoscopy, Dynamic MRI, and Sleep Study. Sleep Endoscopy is the best currently available method to directly evaluate the upper airway collapse during induced sleep. Here Somno endoscopy is performed before multilevel surgery in…
