Publications by authors named "Valeria Roustan"
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at using a special surgery called modified glossoepiglottopexy to help adults with a sleep problem called obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) caused by the epiglottis collapsing.
- Researchers reviewed data from 49 patients and found that after the surgery, their sleep problems decreased a lot, meaning they had fewer breathing issues while sleeping.
- Overall, the study showed that the surgery was safe and effective, with no patients having trouble swallowing afterward.
Article Synopsis
- The study compares the surgical and audiological outcomes between conventional stapedotomy methods and CO2 laser stapedotomy in 333 patients.
- Research findings indicate that while CO2 laser surgery takes longer, both methods show comparable overall surgical results, with no significant differences in post-operative complications like taste and dizziness.
- Notably, the laser group had a higher percentage of patients achieving better auditory recovery, with a greater proportion of them closing the air-bone gap to within 0-10 dB compared to those treated with manual microdrills.
Purpose: Non-resective pharyngoplasty techniques have been shown to be effective to treat oropharyngeal collapse in patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). The aim of our study is to evaluate outcome predictors in a cohort of patients affected by OSAHS and treated with non-resective pharyngoplasty, including variation of pharyngeal measures at the end of the surgical procedure.
Methods: A cohort of patients affected by OSAHS, with palatal or lateral pharyngeal wall collapse, who underwent non-resective pharyngoplasty, were enrolled between 2014 and 2017.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of a new modified pharyngoplasty technique with barbed sutures: barbed suspension pharyngoplasty (BSP).
Methods: We enrolled patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), having the main site of obstruction at the palatal and lateral pharyngeal walls, who refused or failed to tolerate CPAP therapy and underwent non-resective pharyngoplasty with barbed sutures between January 2014 and October 2017. Two surgical techniques with barbed sutures were used: barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP) and BSP; the main characteristics of the latter are a double passage of the needle, each side, through the soft palate.
Objectives/hypothesis: To describe the technique of subtotal petrosectomy (STP), to analyze the outcomes, and to review the literature STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review.
Methods: Four hundred sixty cases of STP performed for various indications were included in the study, which was conducted at a quaternary referral center for otology and skull base surgery. Surgical and audiological parameters, and complications were evaluated.
Upper and lower obstructive lung diseases can induce sleep complaints and can be part of the pathogenesis of sleep breathing disorders. In fact, the physiological changes of the pattern of respiration during sleep, added to the airways disease can lead to symptomatic worsening of rhinitis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD); moreover, their functional and anatomical features can lead to sleep breathing disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). This review highlights the above-mentioned relationships and the effect of disease management on its comorbidities and the patient's quality of life.
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