Feasibility study of Flextube reflectometry for localisation of upper airway obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea.

One hundred and twenty-three patients with snoring problems and/or obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) were offered Rhinosleep Flextube-reflectometry during sleep registration to assess the upper airway. The main point of interest was patient acceptance of the procedure. 36 patients with OSAS received Rhino Flextube reflectometry.

Results of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty after diagnostic workup with polysomnography and sleep endoscopy: a report of 136 snoring patients.

We subjectively and objectively evaluated 136 patients with socially unacceptable snoring (SUS) or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) treated with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) after a diagnostic workup by sleep registration (polysomnography, PSG) and sleep endoscopy. Of the 136 patients, there were 88 with OSAS and 48 with SUS. The results of the procedure were considered subjectively to be an improvement in 38 (79%) of the SUS patients and in 74 (84%) of the patients with OSAS.

Diagnostic work-up of socially unacceptable snoring. II. Sleep endoscopy.

In the diagnostic work-up of socially unacceptable snoring (SUS) with or without a history suggestive of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), information on the severity of the pathology as well as on local and general causative factors is needed. In part I of this study, we reported on the findings recorded in 380 patients by means of sleep registration. In this part, our emphasis is on analysis of the local contributing factors.

Diagnostic work-up of socially unacceptable snoring. I. History or sleep registration.

Should all patients with socially unacceptable snoring (SUS) undergo polysomnography, or is history-taking sufficient to identify the presence of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)? Three hundred and eighty consecutive patients with SUS who underwent sleep registration were evaluated retrospectively to determine the predictive value of a history of apnoea or excessive daytime somnolence (hypersomnia). Of the patients analysed, 54% had OSAS, defined as an apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI) of >15. This is higher than previously reported in the literature (46.