Radiofrequency of the soft palate for sleep-disordered breathing: a 6-year follow-up study.

Autor: De Kermadec H; Department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Foch hospital, 40, rue Worth, Suresnes 92150, France., Blumen MB; Department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Foch hospital, 40, rue Worth, Suresnes 92150, France. Electronic address: blumen@cmvs.fr., Engalenc D; Department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Foch hospital, 40, rue Worth, Suresnes 92150, France., Vezina JP; Department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Foch hospital, 40, rue Worth, Suresnes 92150, France., Chabolle F; Department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, Foch hospital, 40, rue Worth, Suresnes 92150, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases [Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis] 2014 Feb; Vol. 131 (1), pp. 27-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jan 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2013.04.005
Abstrakt: Objective: To determine the long-term (>3 years) outcome of patients suffering from simple snoring or non-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) treated by radiofrequency ablation of the soft palate.
Study Design: Observational retrospective study.
Setting: Tertiary care university hospital.
Subjects and Methods: Seventy-seven subjects were included between 1999 and 2006. Twenty-seven suffered from mild or moderate OSAS. All patients were treated by radiofrequency-assisted stiffening of the soft palate, with or without uvulectomy. Snoring (assessed on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS)), marital status, presence of cardiovascular risk factors or pathologies and follow-up time were evaluated by postal questionnaire.
Results: Mean follow-up time was 6.3 ± 2.3 years. Mean snoring intensity decreased significantly in the immediate postoperative period (8.1 ± 2.9 to 3.5 ± 2.2 cm on VAS). Over the longer term, however, we observed a significant increase in snoring intensity (5.7 ± 2.9 cm), which nevertheless remained below the preoperative values (P<0.001). Bed-partners noticed a relapse of snoring in 92.7% of cases. Nine percent of couples separated. Hypertension and diabetes were diagnosed during follow-up in 12.1% and 6.6% of the subjects, respectively. A majority of patients failed to undergo repeat polysomnography or further treatment.
Conclusion: Relapse of snoring was observed in nearly all patients in the long run, although intensity appears to remain lower than preoperatively. Most patients did not comply with the follow-up instructions and did not seek other forms of treatment when recurrence occurred.
(Copyright © 2013. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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