A Novel Clinical Tool to Detect Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disease with high morbidity and is associated with adverse health outcomes. Screening potential severe OSA patients will improve the quality of patient management and prognosis, while the accuracy and feasibility of existing screening tools are not so satisfactory. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a well-feasible clinical predictive model for screening potential severe OSA patients.

Muscle type of palatopharyngeal muscle in children with severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Study Objectives: To investigate the fiber-type distribution in palatopharyngeal muscle via adenosine triphosphatase and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in children with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: Study participants were 12 children with severe OSA and 15 children with simple snoring as the control group. Both groups were diagnosed by polysomnography and treated with tonsillectomy.

Z-palatopharyngoplasty combined with 70-degree endoscopy-assisted coblator partial medial glossectomy on severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) require safe and effective surgical treatment. To evaluate the effectiveness of combined Z-palatopharyngoplasty (ZPPP) and partial glossectomy via 70-degree endoscopy-assisted coblation (Eco-TBR) on severe OSA. Twenty-two consecutive patients with severe OSA were enrolled between September 2014 and July 2016.