caa a22 4500 388084111 CHVBK 20180307125225.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100144445 doi S0022215100144445 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100144445 The effect of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty without tonsillectomy using local anaesthesia: a prospective long-term follow-up [Elektronische Daten] This paper presents the long-term effect of restricted surgery for snoring and sleep apnoea. Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSAS) (19) or heavy snoring (HS) (36) were studied prospectively for five to seven years after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty without tonsillectomy performed by regular surgical technique using local anaesthesia (LUPP). Five years after surgery, 90 per cent answered a questionnaire. All OSAS patients were offered a polysomnography, and the HS patients were offered a sleep study. Eighty per cent still showed a positive effect on daytime somnolence, and 77 per cent on snoring. Sideeffects were reported by 40 per cent; most common was choking (20 per cent) the first year. Eighteen per cent had local problems such as globus sensation. The polysomnography showed that 80 per cent were still ‘responders' with an apnoea index (AI) reduction of >50 per cent. None of the HS patients had developed OSAS. In conclusion, LUPP in selected patients with OSAS or HS has a good long-term effect. Sideeffects are common, but diminish with time. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Sleep apnoea syndromes nationallicence Snoring nationallicence Surgery, operative nationallicence Post-operative complications nationallicence Hultcrantz Elisabeth Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. Johansson Kaarina Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. Bengtson Harriet Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/6(1999-06), 542-547 0022-2151 113:6<542 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144445 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144445 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hultcrantz Elisabeth Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johansson Kaarina Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bengtson Harriet Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/6(1999-06), 542-547 0022-2151 113:6<542 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge