[State of ENT organs in patients with sleep apnea syndrome and methods of surgical treatment]. / Sostoianie LOR-organov u bol'nykh s sindromom apnoé vo sne i metody khirurgicheskogo lecheniia.

Night snoring and cessation of breathing for 20-120 min should be considered as potentially lethal condition as it is associated with a rise in arterial, intracranial and intrathoracic pressure. Snoring apnea may be of central, peripheral and mixed origin. Peripheral and mixed apnea is treated by ENT surgeon and neuropathologist.