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Re: treatment for sleep apnea

Posted by Howard on January 09, 2002 at 04:59:29:

In Reply to: treatment for sleep apnea posted by Paula J. Miller on January 08, 2002 at 14:37:46:

I had injection snoreplasty done four weeks ago -- see my postings on the topic in this Forum for more information.

The procedure is designed primarily to reduce or cure snoring but my ENT doctor said that in cases of mild OSA where the obstruction is palatal (my situation), it sometimes also reduces or cures the apnea as well. He also said he has observed a 90% success rate in patients without apnea, and a 40% success rate in those with mild apnea. He also told me that snoreplasty is not recommended for people with severe or moderately severe apnea.

According to my girlfriend, there has been a "significant" reduction in my snoring over the past 10 days; I haven't had another sleep study done yet so I don't know how or if it's affected my apnea.

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