Medium-term outcome of palatal surgery for snoring using the Somnus™ unit
| Autor: | A. R. D’Souza, M. I. Trotter, D. W. Morgan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiofrequency ablation medicine.medical_treatment Treatment outcome Relapse rate Medium term law.invention Successful operation law medicine Humans Pain Measurement Retrospective Studies Pain Postoperative Pain score Soft palate business.industry Snoring General Medicine Ablation respiratory tract diseases Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Patient Satisfaction Catheter Ablation Palate Soft business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 116 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to retrospectively survey patients who had undergone radiofrequency ablation of the soft palate for snoring complaints. Fifty-nine patients who had undergone radiofrequency ablation were sent an anonymous questionnaire to assess snoring (using visual analogue scales), pain and satisfaction with the procedure. Sixty-one per cent of the group returned the questionnaire. The mean time since operation was 17.5 months. Taking an improvement in snoring of 50 per cent or greater as a successful operation, snoring improvement occurred in 22 per cent. Post-operative pain was minimal with a median pain score of zero. Information was requested on whether the patient would undergo this procedure again, 50 per cent responded that they would and 44 per cent would advise a friend in the same situation to have this procedure. Radiofrequency ablation of the soft palate, as in other forms of surgery for snoring, seems to have a relapse rate over the long-term. |
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