title: Transoral robotic sleep surgery: the obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
abstract: Nocturnal upper airway collapse is often multi-level in nature but typically will involve some degree of obstruction at the level of the tongue-base. Several surgical procedures have been developed in recent years to address this area in patients resistant to continuous positive airway pressure. This article outlines a novel way to treat obstructive sleep apnea lingual obstruction using the da Vinci robotic surgical system. This technique offers significant potential advantages over other established approaches and it should be included in the surgical armamentarium of sleep surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Head and Neck Surgery Center of Florida, Celebration Health, Florida Hospital, Suite 305, 410 Celebration Place, Celebration, FL 34747, USA.
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Fliippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montevecchi
authors.affiliation: Special Surgery Department, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck & Oral Surgery Unit, University of Pavia in Forlì, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Via Carlo Forlanini, 34, FL 47100, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montevechi
authors.affiliation: Special Surgery Department, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck & Oral Surgery Unit, University of Pavia in Forlì, Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Via Carlo Forlanini, 34, FL 47100, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vicini
authors.affiliation: Head and Neck Surgery Center of Florida, Celebration Health, Florida Hospital, Suite 305, 410 Celebration Place, Celebration, FL 34747, USA. Electronic address: scott.magnuson@flhosp.org.
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Magnuson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Apnea; Sleep medicine; Sleep-disordered breathing; TORS