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Surgical Management for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Jung-Ho Bae, Seung-Sin Lee
The Ewha Medical Journal 2013;36(2):93-96. Published online: September 26, 2013

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Seung-Sin Lee. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, 1071 Anyangcheon-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul 158-710, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2650-6166, Fax: 82-2-2648-5604, seungsin2@ewha.ac.kr
• Received: July 25, 2013   • Accepted: August 7, 2013

Copyright © 2013. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

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  • Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is caused by repetitive upper-airway narrowing or collapse during sleep resulting in hypopneas and apneas. When a patient is diagnosed of OSAS with polysomnogram, he/she should receive upper airway evaluation to find the narrow site. The anatomic narrow site can be nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, and/or hypopharynx. Surgical treatment for OSAS should be tailored to the anatomic narrow site. In this article, the authors describe surgical treatment options for OSAS.
  • Keywords: Apnea; Hypopnea; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Polysomnogram; Surgery
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Surgical protocol for patients with OSAS. Surgical treatment options are tailored to the site of obstruction. More invasive surgery is reserved for surgical failure in phase I surgery. This protocol is modified from Stanford protocol [13]. UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty; GA, genioglossus advancement; HS, hyoid suspension; MMA, maxillomandibular advancement; TBR, tongue base reduction.
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      Fig. 1 Surgical protocol for patients with OSAS. Surgical treatment options are tailored to the site of obstruction. More invasive surgery is reserved for surgical failure in phase I surgery. This protocol is modified from Stanford protocol [13]. UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty; GA, genioglossus advancement; HS, hyoid suspension; MMA, maxillomandibular advancement; TBR, tongue base reduction.

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