Posted by stillnotcured on October 26, 2012 at 15:30:30:

In Reply to: Re: TransOral Robotic Surgery saved me posted by westernjoe on October 25, 2012 at 08:54:43:

Basically surgically removing tissue from the base of the tongue. In the past, doing this manually was apparently very difficult & invasive. Here's some articles and photos that'll explain things better:

Articles:
http://www.pennmedicine.org/ent/services/transoral-robotic-surgery/sleep-apnea.html
http://penn-medicine-clinical-reports.blogspot.com/2011/01/transoral-robotic-surgery-tors-for.html
http://www.mysnoreworld.com/snoring-101/sleep-apnea-treatment-transoral-robotic-surgery

Photos:
http://photos.nj.com/star-ledger/2011/12/trans_oral_robotic_surgery_18.html
http://photos.nj.com/star-ledger/2011/12/trans_oral_robotic_surgery.html

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