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Re: Sinus trouble and CPAP Good News Kevin!

Posted by Cue Miller on September 26, 2001 at 15:57:25:

In Reply to: Re: Sinus trouble and CPAP Good News Kevin! posted by Alexis on September 26, 2001 at 14:27:29:

Alexis, don't get the surgeries confused. Septoplasties are nose surgeries that don't generally improve sleep apnea, but make it easier to use CPAP by improving breathing. The success rate is high. Somnoplasties (which use radio waves to cook the tissues) are performed for various reasons in the nose and the throat, and work on some people but not others. Unfortunately, a significant number of people report short term success but not long term success. UPPP, one of the more common procedures in the USA but not even performed in some Eurpean countries, has a very low success rate -- 10% - 20% depending whom you ask. Recovery is also painful, according to most reports. Losing weight works for some people but not for others. If you can actually lose the weight (a problem for many of us) it has many benefits beyond OSA, of course. Finally there are several other surgeries that involve moving your jaw and/or moving your tongue forward. These can be very effective for some people if performed by highly experienced surgeons, but are relatively major procedures. You'd want to think a long time before doing it.

These forums are full of accounts by people who rushed into surgery out of vanity or in anger, and later regretted it. I'm sure if you shop around you will find an ENT who will promise you the moon, but I'd give CPAP a full trial first.

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