New Video on UPPP Surgery to Treat Sleep Apnea (Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty)

A new video has been created and uploaded onto our YouTube channel showing how a UPPP (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) sleep apnea surgery is performed. This surgery is commonly performed to try and improve or even cure obstructive sleep apnea  in adults. This surgery rarely is performed in kids. Read more about UPPP here . More info about obstructive sleep apnea can be found here . Another operation used to treat obstructive sleep apnea in adults along with UPPP is base of tongue reduction…

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Oral Appliance Can Help With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In the September 2009 edition of Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, there was a research paper entitled " An Investigation of Upper Airway Changes Associated with Mandibular Advancement Device Using Sleep Video Fluoroscopy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea " where use of an oral appliance was found to significantly improve obstructive sleep apnea . The oral appliance increased retropalatal and retrolingual spaces as well as decreased the length of the soft pal…

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