Meta analysis of nasal surgery alone for obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effect of nasal surgery alone for OSAHS using Meta-analysis.@*METHOD@#The published articles were searched from PubMed, Chinese Biomedical Literature CD-ROM databases, China Academic Journals Full-text database. The quality of the searched original studies were assessed and the outcomes with the requirements were analyzed.@*RESULT@#Nineteen articles and 621 cases were finally included, including 15 English literatures and 4 Chinese literatures. The results of Meta analysis showed that: (1)The weighted mean between pre-and postoperative AHI was no significantly difference [weighted mean difference (WMD) = 0. 11, 95% CI (-0. 02,0. 23), P>0. 05]. (2) The nasal surgery alone significantly reduced theEpworth sleepiness scale scores in thirteen studies [WMD=0. 94,95% CI (0. 62,1. 26), P<. 01].@*CONCLUSION@#The meta-analyses show that nasal surgery alone can effectively improve the subjective clinical symptoms of patients with OSAHS. However, nasal surgery alone has a limited efficacy in treating OSAHS.