Outpatient uvuloplasty: an inexpensive, single-staged procedure for the relief of symptomatic snoring.
Outpatient uvulopalatoplasty is an inexpensive alternative to laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for relief of symptomatic snoring. This single-stage procedure successfully reduced snoring in properly selected patients. Patients reported improvement in most cases, with 55% indicating great improvement or complete resolution. Spouses reported 83% of the patients were significantly improved or resolved. To date we have had no complications, including bleeding, infection, or velopharyngeal insufficiency or stenosis.
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Division of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 27599-7070, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012913:Snoring / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014609:Uvula / Q000601:surgery*