2 New Animations to Address Sleep Apnea: Lateral Pharyngoplasty and ThyroHyroid Approximation

Two new animations have been created showing the steps involved to surgically correct obstructive sleep apnea . Both are relatively uncommon and address different areas of the throat prone to collapse during sleep. The thyrohyoid approximation (aka, hyoidthyroidpexia) above is used to address obstruction that occurs at the base of tongue level by moving the epiglottis and base of tongue forward via hyoid fixation to the thyroid cartilage. Lateral pharyngoplasty  below is used to address…

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Modified UPPP to Treat OSA Video

UPPP  or uvulopalatopharyngoplasty is the "traditional" surgical procedure to help address  obstructive sleep apnea  in adult patients. However, more often, UPPP variations are performed instead. One such modified UPPP is shown in the above video. (Traditional UPPP video shown below.) Such UPPP variations are performed either to minimize perceived risk of potential complications (cicatricial scarring, velopharyngeal insufficiency ) or to improve OSA success rates beyond what coul…

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Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty for OSA Video

UPPP  or uvulopalatopharyngoplasty is the "traditional" surgical procedure to help address  obstructive sleep apnea  in adult patients. However, there are other types of palate surgery beyond UPPP that is occasionally performed to help resolve OSA. The video shown here depicts expansion sphincter pharynoplasty or functional expansion pharyngoplasty. This surgical approach focuses on preventing airway collapse that occurs from the side and in some patients, will achieve a higher…

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Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) for Sleep Apnea VIDEO

UPPP or uvulopalatopharyngoplasty is the "traditional" surgical procedure to help address obstructive sleep apnea in adult patients. The original UPPP video depicted actual live surgery, but due to the rated R nature, many patients and families were unable to tolerate viewing... but still wanted a video to better understand what happens during a UPPP procedure. Given numerous requests for a sanitized and PG version of this surgery to help resolve obstructive sleep apnea in ad…

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