Sleep Apnea Surgery
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery: Tracheotomy
We spoke extensively about the surgical treatment options for OSA in our last blog. I wanted to hit upon one last type of surgery and complete a discussion of other treatment options.
The most successful surgery for OSA is called a tracheotomy. It entails making a small whole in the trachea (wind pipe), which effectively bypasses the entire upper airway, and is able to cure sleep apnea. Despite its great success at treating sleep apnea, it is not commonly used because of the poor acceptance in ...
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Expert & Community Posts
What You Should Know About Sleep Apnea: A Guide to the Basics
By Florence Cardinal , Health ExpertSleep Apnea - What is it? Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which the victim stops breathing... Read more »
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Surgical Treatments
By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert...standard" and the most effective therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), we noted that many... Read more »
Treating Sleep Apnea
By Florence Cardinal , Health ExpertSleep apnea is a disorder that causes the cessation of breathing many times during the night. That... Read more »
Successful Sleep Apnea Therapy
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...If you have diabetes, it’s likely that you have sleep apnea too. Almost half of us have sleep... Read more »
Pediatric OSA Treatment
By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert...Let us continue talking about pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We have covered its... Read more »
Health Guide
Sleep Apnea: Surgery
...trials, the gold standard of medical research, have been conducted to verify the long-term efficacy of sleep apnea surgery.Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)The Procedure. Surgery known as... Read more »Obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Apnea - sleep apnea syndrome Treatment The goal is to keep the airway open to prevent apneas during sleep. Weight management... Read more »Central sleep apnea
Central sleep apnea is when you stop breathing during sleep. It is caused by problems with how the brain controls breathing. This is not the more common obstructive sleep apnea,... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Highlights
Sleep Apnea and Heart DiseaseSleep apnea can increase the risk of stroke, even if patients do not have high blood pressure. A 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Lifestyle Changes
Sleeping on the back causes sleep apnea in about half of all people with mild sleep apnea. Body position greatly affects the number and severity of episodes of obstructive sleep... Read more »Images
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Related News
Surgery Treats Sleep Apnea in Kids
June 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Young children and infants with obstructive sleep apnea could benefit from a new surgical technique. Removing the adenoids,... Read summary »
Weight loss surgery doesn't stop apnea
October 03, 2008Obese people with sleep apnea can expect weight loss surgery to ease the nighttime breathing problem, but not erase it. In a study of the impact of... Read summary »
Professor creates pre-surgery sleep apnea screening
October 03, 2008A professor has created a four-question screening for people to use before surgery to detect undiagnosed sleep apnea. If you answer yes to two or... Read summary »
Study: Surgery doesn't help sleep apnea
October 03, 2008An Australian study found that upper-airway surgery did not help to ease the symptoms of sleep apnea. A review of 48 studies showed that 62 percent... Read summary »
Obese people at much higher risk for sleep apnea
October 02, 2008Researchers tested a group of 249 people waiting for weight-loss surgery for sleep apnea. Only 19 percent had been diagnosed previously, but tests... Read summary »
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