Posted by stillnotcured on July 13, 2009 at 03:11:32:

In Reply to: Re: new treatment ? posted by sleepsurgeon on July 12, 2009 at 17:18:03:

Dr. Li,

I've also had the MMA a few years ago which helped me a great deal for several months. But that was it. (I underwent a sleep endoscopy last year and it showed I still had obtructions at the base of the tongue). fwiw, I already had tongue somnoplasty and the GA before I had the MMA. Not sure what's left to do.

I'm wondeering what your thoughts are on tongue reduction/coblation surgeries such as Submucosal Minimally Invasive Lingual Excision or SMILE. I guess there's also the midline glossectomy using the coblation wand (for less post-surgical complications), but I hear midline glossectomy doesn't provide great results.

Or other things such as Repose tongue suture suspension? It seems I've had the major surgeries like MMA, GA, and a minor one like tongue somnoplasty for tongue obstructions, but I still have tongue obstrucrtions that they saw during the sleep endoscopy.

SMILE: http://homepage.mac.com/changcy/botcoblation.htm

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