Transoral tongue base reduction
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Posted by vee6zee on September 26, 2008 at 11:17:07:

I just got back from another meeting with my apnea doctor, and I have a surgery scheduled for October 16th.

The notes that I was given refer to the surgery as a transoral tongue base reduction with a 23hr. observation. Length of the operation 1.5 hours under general anethesia. Special instruments needed are listed as a Evac -70 coblation with telescope tower.

I am just wondering if anyone has gone this route to treat their sleep apnea?

A little background if you did not catch my other post is that I have already had the MMA and UP3 procedures done with minimal improvements. My doctor thinks that I should have a 70 to 80% success rate with this surgery following those other two.

Any thoughts from anyone (having the surgery or not) would be appreciated

Thanks

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