edited by David J. Terris
Surgical Management of Sleep Apnea and Snoring reviews current and emerging topics in the surgical management of sleep apnea and snoring-describing methods for patient evaluation, avoidance of complications, and postoperative care.
Features:
- Comprehensively details the anatomy and physiology of sleep apnea
- Addresses every recent and established surgical approach to the management of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring-providing detailed figures that offer clear presentation of the techniques discussed
- Emphasizes surgical techniques using an atlas-type description of procedures
- Provides a comprehensive review and update on recent advances in sleep apnea and snoring
- Highlights contemporary approaches and controversies in the care of patients with sleep-disordered breathing
- Contains a 16-page full-color insert
Contents
- Upper Airway Surgical Anatomy
- Physiology of Sleep Disordered Breathing
- Maintenance of wakefulness
- Polysomnography
- Home Sleeping Testing
- Video Sleep Nasendoscopy
- Special Diagnostic Studies in Sleep Apnea
- Clinical Staging for Sleep Disordered Breathing: A Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
- Non-Surgical Management: Oral Appliances
- Patient Selection for Surgery
- Anesthesia Management for Sleep Apnea Surgery
- Nasal Surgery for Sleep Apnea Patients
- Uculopalatogphary Ngoplasty
- Surgery of the Palate and Oropharynx: Laser Assisted Techniques
- Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Palatoplasty
- Coblation Techniques for Sleep Disordered Breathing
- Cautery-Assisted Palatal Stiffening Operation
- Transplantal Advancement Pharyngoplasty
- Injection Snoreplasty
- Mandibular Skeletal Techniques in Sleep Disordered Breathing
- Hypopharyngeal Suspension in Sleep-Disordered Breathing
- Surgery of the Tongue
- Radiofrequency Tissue Volume Reduction of the Tongue
- Tracheotomy
- Surgery for Pediatric Sleep Apnea
- Surgery for the Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
- Electrical Stimulation for Sleep Disordered Breathing
- Temperature-Controlled Radiogrequency Tonsil Reduction
- Postoperative Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
- Avoidance to Complications in Sleep Apnea Patients
- Failure Analysis in Sleep Apnea Surgery
- Ideal Procedures for Snoring
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