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Re: Inflated success rates for UPPP surgery

Posted by Brian on December 14, 1997 at 19:17:54:

In Reply to: Re: Inflated success rates for UPPP surgery posted by Sandman on December 11, 1997 at 11:11:17:

You are wise to be conservative about UPPP. I recommend that you fully exhaust the possibilities of CPAP, which is noninvasive, and a fully reversible undertaking, before you opt for surgery.
I have had patients in the sleep lab who have undergone UPPP and still required CPAP to effectively address their OSA problem.
Thanks for the opportunity to respond.
Brian

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