title: [Experience with surgical therapy in snoring and sleep apnea].
abstract: Knowledge of the connection between habitual snoring diseases and obstructive sleep apnoea has stimulated research into sleep disturbance in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Any disturbance of nasal ventilation leads to a higher resistance to breathing and may cause cardiovascular complications in the long run. Anatomical and functional conditions that lead to intermittent incomplete blockage or complete occlusion of the upper respiratory tract must be detected and surgically eliminated, if possible. Surgical procedures for treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea may be successful and fill the gap between conservative treatment and continuous nasal positive airway pressure therapy. Our experience in 24 patients in presented.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum am Prosper-Hospital in Recklinghausen.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Matschke
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Haverbeke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D012913:Snoring / Q000601:surgery*; D014609:Uvula / Q000601:surgery; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit einer operativen Therapie bei Schnarchen und Schlafapnoe.