Long-term surgical follow-up of sleep apnea syndrome.
During a 10-year period, 845 patients suspected of having sleep apnea syndrome underwent overnight monitoring at our institution. We report herein the results of a study of 204 surgical patients who responded to a questionnaire survey. Of these 204 cases, 86 (42%) showed a > or = 75% postoperative improvement in the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (or AHI < 10) and 48 (24%) showed an improvement of > or = 50%. Based on the data obtained from the questionnaire survey we studied the long-term postoperative improvement as well as the long-term prognosis in terms of the postoperative improvements in AHI and body weight.
Department of Otolaryngology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. ban-jibi@ninus.ocn.ne.jp
Kenji
K
Kawakatsu
Tadao
T
Nishimura
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010159:Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010614:Pharynx / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017286:Polysomnography; D011379:Prognosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014609:Uvula / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery