The latest method for treating apnea

Ho Chi Minh City's ear-nose-throat hospital has just used a method to treat sleep apnea due to airway obstruction, which is a procedure for softening the lift of the head. Time only takes 5 minutes, patients have less pain, less intrusions and complications as other surgical measures.

A person with sleep apnea must use a sleep device.(Photo: provided by ENT Hospital, VNE)

Sleep apnea is a blockage of the airway in the oropharynx, causing hypoxia and insomnia. These disorders will increase the risk of cardiovascular disease such as high blood pressure, heart attack, cardiovascular collapse . This condition prolongs the body fatigue, leading to daytime drowsiness - the cause causing traffic accidents as well as labor accidents .

Soft-lift lift implant is the procedure of placing three small pieces of Polyester fiber into soft soft tissue structure as lifting pillars . The effect of placing three pieces is to keep the airway from getting clogged. This is a simple, less invasive and effective surgical procedure. Very fast time, only takes about 5 minutes, the patient has less pain and less complications than other procedures.

This method has been studied on nearly 200 patients at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The results showed no serious side effects or complications. The rejection rate only accounts for 1.4% and the discarded graft can be easily removed.

Experts estimate that about 24% of men and 9% of adult women are affected by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The severity is based on the difficulty of breathing-sleep apnea. This rate may increase to 37-40% in people who snore too much. And the patient is not aware of this disease, only discovered when going to snoring.

The American Institute of Sleep Medicine recommends that patients with obstructive sleep apnea be able to apply ventilation with continuous positive pressure for treatment. The probability of success of this method is very high if the patient suffers and complies well. However, due to the fact that equipment must be attached to make patients uncomfortable, very few people comply. And doctors must use surgery to treat obstructive apnea.

There are many types of surgical treatments for obstructive sleep apnea. The most common are: pharyngeal surgery, palate, and tongue (referred to as UPPP - which removes a soft portion of the tongue, chicken tongue and almonds to expand the airway), which can be cut or cut without almonds; surgery to cut the tongue, the palate with a laser (also called LAUP). Both of these surgeries remove soft female models and have different success rates. But both methods have some inconveniences such as high costs, increased risks for patients because of general anesthesia, very painful postoperative pain and possible complications such as narrowing of the oropharynx. .

There have been 5 cases of obstructive sleep apnea due to airway obstruction, the Ho Chi Minh City Otolaryngology Hospital has applied soft lifting pillar grafting technique for treatment on the first day.

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