Endoscopic Assisted Coblation Lingual Tonsillectomy: Our Experience in Selected Cases with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The Medical Journal of Cairo University/The Medical Journal of Cairo University

MOHAMED EESA MOHAMMAD W. EL-ANWAR, MOHAMED E. ELSHORA EHSAN HENDAWY

References:

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Abstract

Background: Obstructive Sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder characterized by frequent cessation of breathing (apnea) and or shallow breathing (hypopnea) during sleep.Multilevel obstructions, including both retropalatal and retrolingual obstructions, are usually identified in more than half of the OSA patients. Aim of Study:The importance of tongue base hypertrophy in OSA is now clear.Butsurgery remain...

Subjects

Obstructive sleep apnea

Tonsillectomy

Medicine

Sleep apnea

Anesthesia

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Quality education

2022

Article

Open Access

Institution

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

Publisher

Clinical Society of Cairo University

Journal Rank

0.135

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/mjcu.2022.272633

Language

en

Country

Egypt

Primary Source

Endoscopic Assisted Coblation Lingual Tonsillectomy: Our Experience in Selected Cases with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Primary Source

Endoscopic Assisted Coblation Lingual Tonsillectomy: Our Experience in Selected Cases with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The Medical Journal of Cairo University/The Medical Journal of Cairo University

MOHAMED EESA MOHAMMAD W. EL-ANWAR, MOHAMED E. ELSHORA EHSAN HENDAWY

References:

23

Abstract

Background: Obstructive Sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder characterized by frequent cessation of breathing (apnea) and or shallow breathing (hypopnea) during sleep.Multilevel obstructions, including both retropalatal and retrolingual obstructions, are usually identified in more than half of the OSA patients. Aim of Study:The importance of tongue base hypertrophy in OSA is now clear.Butsurgery remain...