[The surgical treatments and clinical characteristics of snoring with epiglottis collapse].
| Autor: | Hang JY; Department of Sleep Disordered Breathing, the Sixth Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yatsen University ，Guangzhou, 510000，China., Pang F, Zhang XM |
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| Jazyk: | čínština |
| Zdroj: | Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology, head, and neck surgery [Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi] 2018 Jul; Vol. 32 (13), pp. 993-997. |
| DOI: | 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2018.13.008 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: The aim of this study is to summary the characteristics of sleep breath disorder patients with epiglottis collapse and find out the way to treat them with surgery. Method: This is a retrospective study. There were eighteen patients who complained of snoring and somnolence, as well as had undergone DISE. Eight of them were diagnosed as epiglottis collapse. We analysis the clinical features, surgical treatments and prognosis of these eight patents, and compare their BMI, shape of epiglottis and AHI with the patients without epiglottis collapse. Result: Patients with epiglottis collapse usually complained of breathless during sleeping. The shape of their epiglottis was mainly flat and wide, as the cure of the upper margin of their epiglottises shows significant difference with those who are without epiglottis collapse( P =0.03,0.04).DISE is the diagnosis examination. The primary surgical treatment is Epiglottoplasty. Conclusion: It's not uncommon to see epiglottis collapse clinically. Whenever we meet the particular clinical manifestation,the diagnose of epiglottis collapse should be taken into consideration. DISE is the diagnosis examination. Epiglottoplasty can treat them to some degree. Competing Interests: The authors of this article and the planning committee members and staff have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose. (Copyright© by the Editorial Department of Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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