The effect of continuous positive airway pressure on middle ear pressure.

Objectives/hypothesis: To investigate the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on middle ear pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).

Study Design: Prospective clinical case-control study.

Methods: Seventy-eight patients with moderate and severe OSAS (the mean apnea-hypopnea indexes were 22.

Modified tongue base suspension for multilevel or single level obstructions in sleep apnea: clinical and radiologic results.

Objectives: To investigate the radiologic and polysomnographic success in opening the airway using a tongue base suspension procedure alone or in combination with uvulopalatal flap in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients.

Methods: This study was conducted in 20 patients with moderate or severe OSAS in a prospective manner. The tongue base suspension technique alone or with a uvulopalatal flap (UPF) technique was applied.

Palatal Pillar implants for the treatment of simple snoring.

Objectives: In this study the efficacy of palatal implants for treatment of snoring was evaluated.

Patients And Methods: Seventeen patients (10 males, 7 females; mean age 49.2+/-7.

Comparison between tonsillectomy with thermal welding and the conventional 'cold' tonsillectomy technique.

Background: The aim of this study was the evaluation of length of the procedure, anaesthesia, the amount of the intraoperative fluid required, total blood loss and postoperative pain of the 'thermal welding system tonsillectomy (TWS)' compared with the conventional 'cold dissection tonsillectomy'.

Methods: Fifty patients aged between 3 and 28 years were included in this prospective controlled study. Extracapsular tonsillectomy with TWS was carried out on 25 patients and conventional 'cold' extracapsular dissection complete tonsillectomy was carried out on the other 25 patients.