[Application of coblation assisted upper-airway procedure to obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the efficacy and the value of CAUP in treatment of OSAHS.


METHODS
CAUP and the dissection of palatopharyngeus muscle were performed by RFVTR . One hundred and sixty-eight patients with OSAHS treated by CAUP from July 2001 to July 2004 were summarized. Among them, 52 patients were analyzed by PSG after 1 year of the operation.


RESULTS
All the operative procedure were carried out smoothly with excellent patient tolerance. Post-operation complications were foreign body feeling in oral cavity. No velopalatal insufficiency occurred. The efficient rate was 94.2% after 1 year of the operation according to the PSG results.


CONCLUSIONS
CAUP is a simple, safe,repeatable and acceptable surgical procedure and it was developing with excellent value in the treatment of OSAHS on the basic of accurate X-ray imaging.
Xin
Weihong
W
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Hou
Tiening
T
Shu
Degui
D
Yang
Zhanquan
Z
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000601:surgery; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery; D014609:Uvula / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult