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Posted by Frank on June 15, 2000 at 09:15:40:In Reply to: oral surgery for sleep apnea posted by BILL on June 13, 2000 at 18:27:07:
I have been advised that if the oral device won't help, then none of the surgeries will help. I am told that the surgery must move the anatomy twice as far as the oral device for the same effect. This assumes that the site of your apnea is such that it could be affected by one of these treatments in the first place. This advice was from a Dentist, a Surgeon, and a Somno doc, all specialists and certified by the corresponding society as related to sleep apnea. I think you need to be re-evaluated by a sleep center acredited by the American Sleep Disorders Association, www.asda.org. Their website comes up American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Click on public forum for an excellent series of definitions about the various sleep disorders. Click on proffessional help within the text for a list of the sleep centers. I tell you this because if you are not getting relief with cpap, than it is likely that you do not have simple OSA. You probably have a combination of things, that will require these folks to sort it all out. I have found that trapesing around from specialist to specialist is not helpful. They are only specialists in their area of treatment, and have been very honest and candid about their prospects for success, the risks and downsides, but they are not specialists in diagnosis. If you don't have a proper diagnosis, then you can't do a proper treatment. And I don't think that this is a place for trial and error. There is more to testing than the sleep test that you undoubtably had. Good luck, I hope you will let us know how it turns out.
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