[Efficacy of weight management combined with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for obesityrelated obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of weight management combined with pharyngoplasty for treatment of obesity-related obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). METHODS: Sixty obese patients with OSAHS were randomly assigned into the combined treatment group and control group (n=30) and received treatment with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) combined with cognitive-behavioral-psychological intervention for family weight management and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with conventional management. At 3 and 6 months of the treatment, the patients were examined for changes in body mass index (BMI), neck circumference, waist circumference, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) scores, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), the lowest oxygen saturation (LSaO2) and the percentage of time with oxygen saturation below 90% (CT90). RESULTS: After 6 months of treatment, the patients receiving the combined treatment showed significant reductions of BMI, neck circumference and waist circumference as compared with the measurements before treatment and with those in the control group (P < 0.01); these parameters showed no significant changes in the control group (P > 0.05). In the combined treatment group, the ESS score, CT90, AHI, and LSaO2 at 6 months were all superior to those in the control group (P < 0.01) and differed significantly cross different time points during the treatment, and their improvements were the most obvious after 6 months (P < 0.01). After 6 months of treatment, the combined treatment group had a similar cure rate with the control group (6.6% vs 7.1%; χ2=1.66, P > 0.05) but a significantly higher good response (defined as an AHI < 20 h-1 and an AHI reduction by ≥50%) rate (60% vs 35.7%; χ2=8.71, P < 0.01) and a higher overall response (a AHI reduction ≥50%) rate (83.3% vs 53.6%; χ2=10.62, P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Weight management combined with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty can produce a good clinical efficacy for treatment of OSAHS with obesity, and the patients should have strengthened continuous family weight management while receiving surgical treatment.

Efficacy of weight management combined with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for obesityrelated obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome / 南方医科大学学报

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the clinical efficacy of weight management combined with pharyngoplasty for treatment of obesity-related obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).@*METHODS@#Sixty obese patients with OSAHS were randomly assigned into the combined treatment group and control group (@*RESULTS@#After 6 months of treatment, the patients receiving the combined treatment showed significant reductions of BMI, neck circumference and waist circumference as compared with the measurements before treatment and with those in the control group (@*CONCLUSIONS@#Weight management combined with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty can produce a good clinical efficacy for treatment of OSAHS with obesity, and the patients should have strengthened continuous family weight management while receiving surgical treatment.

Early effect of tonsillotomy on children′s snoring with tonsil hypertrophy / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To explore short-term effect of tonsillotomy on children′s obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) with tonsil hypertrophy by Ellman double-frequency radio-frequency machine .Methods Totally 30 cases children′s OS-AHS with tonsil hypertrophy were had tonsillotomy by Ellman double-frequency radio-frequency machine .They were compared with 30 cases children′s OSAHS with tonsil hypertrophy by traditional tonsillectomy .Short-term effect of tonsillotomy were ana-lyzed by wound bleeding ,operation time ,postoperative pain ,difficulty eating ,PSG testing ,immune function ,growth and develop-ment .Results Postoperative symptom in 1 weeks and 6 months ,compared with the traditional tonsillectomy ,30 cases of OSAHS patients were found that there were less bleeding ,shorter operative time ,mild postoperative pain ,no difficulty in feeding ,improving sleep-disordered breathing ,no decline in immune function ,good growth and development .Conclusion Short-term effect of tonsillot-omy on children′s OSAHS with tonsil hypertrophy is good by Ellman double-frequency radio-frequency machine ,it is a minimally invasive ,safe and effective surgical method children OSA HS .