Long-Term Follow-Up After Fat Graft Myringoplasty: Do Size and Location Matter?

Objective: To assess clinical and functional outcomes of a fat graft myringoplasty under local in an office setting.

Study Design: Prospective case series.

Setting: Tertiary care facility.

Bipolar radiofrequency uvulopalatoplasty combined with injection snoreplasty: a reasonable option for the problem of snoring.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness and morbidity of the combined use of bipolar radiofrequency uvulopalatoplasty and a sclerosing agent applied to the soft palate in patients with snoring and apnea during a 1-year follow-up period.

Methods: This was a prospective, nonrandomized study. Twenty-eight patients with primary snoring due to palatal flutter who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were enrolled.

Snoring surgery with palatal implants after failed uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and morbidity in the use of the palatal implant technique (PITs) in patients with failed uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) after a 6-month follow-up period. This was a prospective, nonrandomized study. Sixteen patients who underwent UPPP by the same Institution with Fujita's technique with initial success but developed posterior residual apnea or snoring who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were enrolled.

Radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction for treatment of turbinate hypertrophy in children.

Background: Inferior turbinate hypertrophy is one of the most common causes of nasal airway obstruction in children. Medical treatment often produces very little improvement. Radiofrequency therapy has recently been shown to be safe and effective in volumetric tissue reduction of the turbinates in adults, but no report has been published about its use in children.