2021
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2021.194068
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Laser Palatoplasty versus Laser Palatoplasty and Laser Turbinectomy for Snoring and Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Abstract: Background: Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have both anatomic and physiologic dysfunction of the upper airway during sleep resulting in repeated airway obstruction and varying degrees of hypoxemia. In patients with obstructive sleep apnea suffering from both snoring and nasal obstruction, nasal surgery relieves snoring and improves apnea/hypopnea index (AHI), lowest O2 saturation (LOS), epworth sleepness scale (ESS) and snoring severity scale (SSS) by different proportions. Objective: To compare A… Show more

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