[Long-term results and complications of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in snoring without sleep apnea syndrome].

Results and complications were analyzed in 201 patients operated upon by uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for benign or moderately severe rhonchopathy, after elimination of the sleep apnea syndrome as confirmed after follow up for between 15 and 30 months, and showed total recovery from snoring in 60% of cases, an improvement in 26.5% and lack of efficacy in 13.5%. Social and familial relations were improved concomitantly as well as the functional and general disorders usually attributed to snoring (asthenia, somnolence, sleep hypopnea). Various usually minor functional disorders remain, including the sensation of a pharyngeal paresthesia, the most frequent sequela (19.5% of cases).