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Year : 2013 | Volume
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Tongue base suspension using a repose bone screw system in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
Ramez Sabry, Ramez Reda, Mohamed Sherif
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Ramez Sabry 53 Shoubra St., Shoubra, Cairo Egypt
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.7123/01.EJO.0000422622.24313.4f
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Objectives
The aim of this study was to evaluate the tongue base suspension suture technique using a repose bone screw system with respect to efficiency in relieving obstructive sleep apnea, safety, and postoperative morbidity.
Study design
This was a prospective study carried out on 10 patients with a complaint of moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea because of retrolingual hypopharyngeal obstruction.
Methods
Demographic data were determined and preoperative investigations (flexible nasopharyngoscopy, polysomnography, and lateral cephalometry) were carried out; in addition, operative technique and postoperative assessment of patients’ complaints and postoperative data of polysomnography and lateral cephalometry were carried out.
Results
Improvement in the main complaints of patients, a significant reduction in the mean apnea hypopnea index in postoperative polysomnography, and an increase in the mean posterior airway space at the level of the tongue base in postoperative lateral cephalometry were recorded.
Conclusion
The tongue base suspension technique using a repose bone screw system is an easy and efficient procedure for the treatment of retrolingual obstruction, with minimal postoperative morbidity. |
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