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Safety of multilevel surgery in obstructive sleep apnea: a review of 487 cases.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
April 2012
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pacific Sleep Centre, 290 Orchard Rd, Unit 20-03, Singapore.
Objective: To review the safety of multilevel surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Design: Retrospective review.
Patients: A total of 487 consecutive patients with OSA and 1698 surgical procedures from January 2007 to May 2010.
Anterior palatoplasty for the treatment of OSA: three-year results.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
August 2009
Department of Otolaryngology, Pacific Sleep Centre, Paragon, Singapore.
Objective: Review long-term results of the modified cautery-assisted palatoplasty (mod CAPSO)/anterior palatoplasty for the treatment of mild-moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Study Design: Prospective series of 77 patients. All patients were >18 years old, type I Fujita, body mass index (BMI)<33, Friedman clinical stage II, with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) from 1.
Sutter bipolar radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction of palate for snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnoea: is one treatment adequate?
J Laryngol Otol
July 2009
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pacific Sleep Centre, Singapore.
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of bipolar radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction, using Sutter technology, in the treatment of snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnoea.
Design: Prospective, non-randomised trial.
Methods: Fifty-two patients with simple snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnoea underwent bipolar radiofrequency palate reduction under local anaesthesia.
A comparison of polysomnography and the WatchPAT in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
October 2007
Pacific Sleep Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Objective: Our goal was to validate the WatchPAT in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
Study Design: We conducted a prospective, blinded, nonrandomized clinical trial.
Methods: Patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea scheduled for an overnight level I polysomnogram were offered enrollment in a study to compare the WatchPAT (Itamar Ltd, Israel) device with polysomnography.
Expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty: a new technique for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
July 2007
Deaprtment of Otolaryngology, Pacific Sleep Centre, 20-01 Paragon, Paragon Medical Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Objective: In this study, we assessed the efficacy of a new method (expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty [ESP]) to treat obstructive sleep apnea.
Study Design: We conducted a prospective, randomized controlled trial.
Methods: Forty-five adults with small tonsils, body mass index less than 30 kg/m2, of Friedman stage II or III, of type I Fujita, and with lateral pharyngeal wall collapse were selected for the study.