[Treatment and prevention of serious perioperative complications of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize experiences of serious perioperative complications management of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), and evaluate the effect of intervention in decreasing the incidence of serious complications.


METHODS
Retrospective analysis of clinical data in Shenyang General Hospital of PLA and Liaoning Province Jinqiu Hospital of OSAHS surgery cases from January 1995 to December 2009 were included in this study, patients were divided into two groups according to with or without intervention. Experience and lessons were analyzed.


RESULTS
Patients without and with intervention were 402 and 521 respectively, and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) cases in each group were 387 and 390. Five patients in the first group who accepted UPPP had breathing difficulty and were all successfully rescued, while no one in the second group had breathing difficulty. The difference was significant (P < 0.05). Sixteen patients in the first group had severe bleeding after UPPP, while only 5 patients had the severe bleeding in the second group. The difference was significant, too P < 0.05. No breathing difficulty cases in the second group, and serious bleeding cases in each group was 5 and in 1, there was no significant difference (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Breath difficulty and serious bleeding are serious perioperative complications of OSAHS surgery, and with systemic intervention the incidence of the complications can be decreased.
Li
Shu-hua
SH
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shenyang General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Shenyang, China. lishsy@sina.com
Bao
Ji-min
JM
Shi
Hong-jin
HJ
Zhou
Xiao-rong
XR
Wu
Da-hai
DH
Meng
Da-wei
DW
Ma
Yun-peng
YP
Dong
Wei-dong
WD
Duan
Han-zhong
HZ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D014609:Uvula / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult