caa a22 4500 477087019 CHVBK 20180405111506.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00168489 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00168489 Continuous pressure measurements in the evaluation of patients for laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty [Elektronische Daten] [O. Skatvedt, H. Akre, O. Godtlibsen] The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LUPP) performed under local anesthesia in an outpatient setting. No procedure included tonsillectomy. Obstruction related mainly to the velopharyngeal segment of the airway was defined in 16 consecutive patients by clinical examination, nocturnal polysomnography and pressure measurements. The mean follow-up period was 7 months, range 3-16 months. Using five pressure sensors, four separate upper airway segments could be defined. The preoperative location of obstructive segments in obstructive apneas was proximal and was identified in the velopharyngeal segments in 90% of the patients. This was the case in 92% of the patients with hypopneas. After LUPP, there were statistically significant improvements in the duration of respiratory events (P < 0.02), incidence of sleep with snoring (P < 0.001), apnea-hypopnea index (P < 0.01), microarousal index (P < 0.02) and the mean duration of non-rapid eye movement sleep with oxygen saturation < 80% (P < 0.0001). Four patients still had proximal obstructions after LUPP, but these were clinically tolerable. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty nationallicence Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome nationallicence Nasal pressure Pharyngeal pressure nationallicence Skatvedt O. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway aut Akre H. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway aut Godtlibsen O. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer-Verlag 253/7(1996-09-01), 390-394 0937-4477 253:7<390 1996 253 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00168489 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00168489 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skatvedt O. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akre H. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Godtlibsen O. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer-Verlag 253/7(1996-09-01), 390-394 0937-4477 253:7<390 1996 253 405 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer