[Application of coblation assisted upper-airway procedure to obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the efficacy and the value of CAUP in treatment of OSAHS.

METHOD: CAUP and the dissection of palatopharyngeus muscle were performed by RFVTR . One hundred and sixty-eight patients with OSAHS treated by CAUP from July 2001 to July 2004 were summarized. Among them, 52 patients were analyzed by PSG after 1 year of the operation.

RESULT: All the operative procedure were carried out smoothly with excellent patient tolerance. Post-operation complications were foreign body feeling in oral cavity. No velopalatal insufficiency occurred. The efficient rate was 94.2% after 1 year of the operation according to the PSG results.

CONCLUSION

CAUP is a simple, safe,repeatable and acceptable surgical procedure and it was developing with excellent value in the treatment of OSAHS on the basic of accurate X-ray imaging.